Deputy Governor of Ekiti State and candidate of the Peoples’ Democratic Party (PDP) in Saturday governorship poll, Kolapo Olusola has rejected the results of the poll as announced by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), which declared All Progressive Congress (APC) Kayode Fayemi as winner.

Olusola justified his claims with allegations of intimidation, oppression and inducement by security agents which he claimed aided and abetted APC’s alleged manipulation of the electoral process that all gave Fayemi the victory.

He declared his rejection of the poll’s result to Nigerians, Ekiti people and the international community, saying: ” You are all aware of the unfortunate and dangerous events of the past 24 hours, in which our governorship election was hijacked by political desperadoes leveraging on “Federal might” to pervert the electoral process, subvert the will of Ekiti people, and viciously steal the mandate willingly and freely given to me on a massive scale by our people. PDP and I won the election overwhelmingly, receiving more than 70% of lawful votes cast and winning in almost all of the State’s 16 local government areas. I therefore reject the falsified results being bandied by the Independent National Electoral Commission, which purportedly gave the election to the All Progressives Congress and its Candidate; Dr. John Kayode Fayemi,” he said.

Olusola described the alleged manipulation of the poll as:” most audacious electoral robbery of our recent history”, which: “shall not stand”.

He alleged further that APC rigged the poll by leveraging on: ” its well-advertised but patently obnoxious and anti-democratic “Federal might” to intimidate, harass, victimize, oppress, and brutalize PDP leaders, members, and the voting public all over Ekiti “, saying; “This brutal and barbaric process, which started well before the election, did not spare Governor Ayo Fayose and me; as the whole world had seen and had condemned. It is quite unfortunate that the harassment has continued even after the election. ”

Taking on the INEC, Olusola said:”On Saturday, July 14th, the security agencies and INEC upped the ante, threw all caution to the wind, went back on their promises to be impartial and to conduct credible elections; they sided with APC and Fayemi to the chagrin of our party, myself, and the good people of Ekiti State. Despite the alarm we had earlier raised, the security agencies not only supported but also supervised the indiscriminate arrest of our party leaders and agents, the harassment and brutalization of voters on a massive scale, especially in Ado-Ekiti, Ikere and the suburbs, giving cover, tacit as well as active support to thugs imported into Ekiti by APC to snatch ballot boxes, create confusion, cause mayhem, and drive away voters in PDP strongholds, giving cover to APC agents as they financially and openly induced voters and bought votes at polling stations; and driving away our polling agents from collation centres and illegal seizure of documents and materials in their possession, among many other infractions.”

“INEC on its own part reneged on its promise to have results counted, declared, and pasted on the wall of each polling station. There was nowhere INEC transmitted results from the polling centres as earlier promised. Ballot boxes were illegally moved to INEC offices while our agents were disallowed from following the process.

” INEC also allowed late voting by APC in hideouts when it was obvious the figures still would not add up after all the infractions mentioned above. Still, when all of these shenanigans still failed to give them the figures they needed, they stopped the announcement of results ward-by-ward, caused a deliberate power outage at the collation centre, with no alternative source of power provided for a long time, and then wrote results in favour of APC and its candidate.

“Without doubt, what has played out in Ekiti is the APC template for the 2019 General Election, where they have mapped out Rivers and Akwa Ibom as States they must capture at all costs, like they are now trying to do Ekiti. It is now left for the opposition and opposition figures, most especially presidential hopefuls in 2019, to stand up to be counted in the struggle to roll back President Muhammadu Buhari’s creeping fascism, or throw in the towel without a fight.

” This is not just a sad day for Ekiti but also for democracy in Nigeria. Nothing demonstrates this better than the gloom that has enveloped our dear State since they announced their convoluted result. Ekiti mourns! But I ask our people not to be despondent but to keep hope alive, quoting the inimitable Chief MKO Abiola. This is another battle we will fight and win.

“In doing this, however, I appeal to all Ekiti sons and daughters to eschew violence. They will try and provoke you but the good Lord will help you to keep calm. Taking a cue from our great leader and democrat par excellence, ex-President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan, I wish to reiterate that my ambition is not worth the blood of a single Ekiti son or daughter. We are not cultists and bloody hounds like them and shall therefore not allow them turn Ekiti into a killing field like they have done in the Middle Belt.

“It remains for me to thank Ekiti for standing by me and our great party. Our royal fathers and the Oloris, teachers, civil servants, Okada riders, Labour leaders, market women, artisans, and students – I appreciate your unflinching support. We thank every Nigerian desirous to see the growth and defence of our renascent democracy.

“We thank the international community for their efforts and trust they will not let our people down in this their most trying moment. Those bent on setting this country on fire for selfish reasons must be restrained and turned back by the international community, mindful of the recent experience of Rwanda, Kosovo, Liberia, Sierra-Leone, Cote D’Ivoire, to mention but a few,” he said

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is too late to cry when d head has cut off.

TYPICAL and EXPECTED!!!!

They hardly lose quietly....

Good. Even if they buy/intimidate judiciary, at least let history know you rejected the results

Yes!
This is time for lawyers to grab their own share of the bounty.

Someone should go and warn them that they must go to court, let no man come spoil business for lawyers they must chop.

This first time Fayose will give his deputy chance to talk...well, nobody said you should accept the result,what is very important is ekiti people have accepted the result.So therefore, JAPA!

It is within his right to go to court. However, it will amount to nothing but waste of time as the election was peaceful, credible, free and fair. Ekiti people are tired of Fayose and his tyrannical rule and hence, voted him and his party out of government.

[ .If u dnt want to laff%shine ur teeth outside, some peep like dis Fayose puppet go make u laff loud and mistakenly release reheated yam flavour wit locust beans soup bom..Eleka shud go and sidon

Glory be to God !!! The stooge finally regained his voice.

I Don tire for this country sef. Heading to Somalia..

denial stage.don't worry after 2weeks u will be use to it.I jus do hope dis will not be the end of ur political career.

Why can't yall just stop been sore losers

Why is it hard for these old men to accept defeat.

"" My political ambition is not worth the blood of any Nigerian""

BE LIKE GOODLUCK EBELE JONATHAN

Mumu

Way to go

We are not cultists and bloody hounds like them and shall therefore not allow them turn Ekiti into a killing field like they have done in the Middle Belt.

You victory my be delayed but it will never be denied in Jesus Name

K

Fayose's election was rigged with proven audio recordings made by soldier witness, nothing was done till date. Hence, what made u think u would win this Mtcheeeww smh

Go AND SLEEP

Carry your case go heaven �

Good move

No citizen or state of a country can defeat the government of dat country so oga jus go rest no kuku waste ur time and money

Lol, Look at this Idiot Professor. Can you imagine this guy prostrated for Fayose in the public while Jonathan was commissioning the overhead bridge in Ekiti and exclaimed 'am your boy for life sir, you're my boss for life, I remained loyal sir', I was like what the heck? I was so surprised a Professor can display such in public.

Futile endeavour.
Ask Buhari

Go and sit down jare.. If you were this bold before elections, and probably advised your boss to pay worker's salaries, all these wouldn't have been necessary..

As expected! !!

SORE LOOSERS..

fasho01:
Go and sit down jare.. If you were this bold before elections, and probably advised your boss to pay worker's salaries, all these wouldn't have been necessary..

He's still not bold even after elections. He does whatever his boss asks him to do.Perfect stooge.