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Ben Adaji
By Abimaje Omojo, Lokoja
The Social Democratic Party (SDP) candidate for House of Representatives for Ankpa, Olamaboro and Omala federal constituency in Kogi State Hon. Ben Adaji has called on INEC to cancel the February 25 House of representatives election due to glaring irregularities.
Hon. Adaji described the election in Ankpa, Olamaboro and Omala as a charade and characterized with rigging, vote buying, falsification of results and snatching of ballot boxes.
He expressed disappointment with the entire exercise which he described as a day light robbery.
Adaji wondered why a serving APC council chairman and his thugs would go about with guns snatching ballot boxes and molesting INEC officials.
“I saw the Chairman of Olamaboro local government with thugs going about snatching ballot boxes ” he said.
The Reps candidate gave an instance where the Chairman and his thugs snatched ballot boxes from Abo-Ojoche and Ebuloko polling units in Imane ward 1 in Olamaboro local government and falsified the results in favour of APC.
He also called on security agencies to as a matter of urgency arrest and prosecute the Council Chairmen of Olamaboro for committing electoral offenses.
According to the candidate, similar electoral fraud was carried out in Omala local government area where APC thugs destroyed ballot boxes in polling units 3, 4 and 8 in Abejukolo ward 2.
He said election was desrupted in Isheke ward while several ballot boxes were snatched by APC thugs in Omala local government area.
Adaji lamented that the election in Ankpa local government was also characterized with falsification of results and snatching of ballot boxes.
“I reject the entire results collated by INEC in the federal constituency and I want a fresh election to be conducted ” he said.
