Engr. Musa Wada, the candidate of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) in the 16 November Kogi State Governorship Election has condemned the results released by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) so far. In fact, he disowned an earlier statement in which he reportedly conceded defeat.
His reason: “My Facebook account where the statement was posted was hacked. Thus, the statement did not come from me.”
He told journalists that the election “witnessed violence, ballot box snatching and undue manipulation in a conspiracy by the trio of All Progressives Congress, APC, INEC and the security agencies.” He cited the result of Okene Local Government as “an example of the manipulation. He claimed that the 112,000 votes declared for the APC is inflated noting that since the return of democracy in 1999 the Local Government has never recorded above 40,000 votes in any election.”
He added: “This is a sad day in our state. You can see that Lokoja is a like a graveyard because people are unhappy with what INEC is doing. Do you see anybody celebrating? Lokoja does not look like a place where election has just been won. This is rape of the wish of the people. If this what democracy is all about then we have not started. We will not allow this to stand.”
