Lagos PDP Governorship Primaries: Obanikoro rejects result, demands cancellation Musiliu Obanikoro, an aspirant at the Lagos PDP gubernatorial primaries, has described the election as a “complete sham.” Mr. Obanikoro polled 343 votes to emerge runners up in the ill- tempered primaries in which Jimi Agbaje won with 432 votes. The former Minister of State said that the “electoral fraud” was condemnable and he would fight the result of the polls. Trouble started at the venue of the primaries after Seidu Kumo, a former Senator and chairman of the electoral committee, announced 863 as the total votes cast. Before delegates began voting, the committee had announced 806 as the number of accredited delegates. “I still can’t comprehend how accredited delegates of 806 rose to 867,” Mr. Obanikoro told journalists inside his campaign office in Lagos, midnight Tuesday. “With the benefit of hindsight now, you could tell it was a predetermined situation.” Earlier, after the result was announced at the venue of the primaries, Mr. Agbaje expressed his satisfaction and called on other aspirants for their support. Premium Times
Posted on: Tue, 09 Dec 2014 07:01:37 +0000
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