Following the announcement of Monday Okpebholo, Gubernatorial candidate of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) as winner of the Edo State Governorship Election 2024, Governor of Adamawa State, Ahmadu Umaru Fintiri, has made known his reaction.
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| Monday Okpebholo, Gubernatorial candidate of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) and Edo State Governor-Elect |
Fintiri cried, “I weep for Nigeria’s democracy”, adding, it is “indeed is under attack”.
In his reaction, Governor Fintiri said: “I weep for Nigeria’s democracy after witnessing the shameful Edo Gubernatorial poll. The @OfficialAPCNg’s desperate attempts to discredit me by falsely claiming I announced results won’t distract from the real issue. I merely shared results from INEC’s Irev portal, as collated by INEC from the various Local Government Areas.
What’s truly shameful is APC’s national chairman flying into Edo with a private jet on election day, defying movement restrictions, while their Governors used armoured escorts to intimidate voters.
This blatant disregard for democratic norms is the real brigandage. Nigerians are outraged, slamming @inecnigeria for compromising and favouring APC. The reported vote-buying, disruption of collation processes, and suspicious results with more votes than accredited voters undermine trust in our democracy.
Democracy indeed is under attack. We must condemn this rape of democracy and demand accountability. The world is watching, and Nigeria deserves better.”
Okpebholo defeated Asue Ighodalo of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) and Olumide Akpata of the Labour Party (LP) to be declared winner by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC).
