Thursday, 7th March, 2019
PRESS RELEASE
Our attention has been drawn to some sinister moves of the Allied People’s Movement, (APM) being orchestrated by Ogun State Governor, Ibikunle Amosun, and in connivance with some staff of the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC.
With defeat staring them in the face; the grand plan, as divulged to us by a member of their inner circle, is to deliberately programme malfunctioning Smart Card Readers in most of what they consider to be APM strongholds.
This, we are told, is to pave way for them to use the manual accreditation to carry out massive rigging in the favour of the APM.
It is already an open secret that the outgoing governor has been doling out huge sums of money to the Electoral Officers in all the 20 local government areas of the state. He had also hosted and held several meetings with Corps members serving as INEC Adhoc staff: a corrupting development which we find even more worrisome because of its implications for the future of our country.
We hereby want to alert the public, particularly our party agents and security agencies to be wary of these antics and ensure that the smart card readers are used at all polling stations and resist any form of manual accreditation for the election.
We also call on INEC to look into these issues and call its staff to order.
E-signed
Emmanuel Ojo
Assistant Director of Media and Publicity,
Dapo Abiodun Campaign Organization – DACO