By Olakiitan Victor in Ado Ekiti.
Ekiti State Governor, Mr Ayodele Fayose,
has described the postponement of the Edo State governorship election
by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) as a very bad
signal and the beginning of the end for democracy in Nigeria
“it is obvious that the All Progressives
Congress (APC) feared that it can’t win the election and is ready to
employ whatever crude means to subvert the wish of the people,” he said.
The governor, who said he was alarmed by
the APC government of President Muhammadu Buhari’s use of security
agencies to arm-twist INEC, said: “I warned Nigerians not to elect
Buhari because he lacked capacity mentally, morally and intellectually
to superintend over any civilised society, now we are all seeing the
results. Our economy is in recession and democracy is also in
recession!”
In a statement on Friday, signed by his
Special Assistant on Public Communications , Lere Olayinka, Governor
Fayose said INEC knew that it was not going to conduct the election on
Saturday as scheduled but opted to deceive Nigerians.
He said; “Apart from the security
agencies that they instructed not to provide security for the election,
Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) was under instruction since yesterday
(Wednesday) not to release electoral materials to INEC.”
“It was just a game by the APC-led
federal government to frustrate the people of Edo State from
kick-starting the journey of changing the APC one-chance change in
Nigeria, but they should realise that the power of the people will
always be greater than the power of those in power.
“How can you postpone an election less
than 48 hours to the scheduled date? What manner of security concern
could prevent an election in just one State when elections were held in
Northeast States that are confronted by Boko Haram insurgents?
“Obviously, this is a sign of what to
come in 2019 and Nigerians should not be amazed if in 2019, they tell us
that elections cannot be conducted.
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