At 12: 26 pm, on Sunday, 23 September 2018, Chidi Anthony Opara posted his Today's Quote in which he insinuated the following, "This Osun thing may be a deliberate move to demystify the Asiwaju. Otherwise, what happened to the rigging machine tested in Ekiti recently." That was Mr. Opara's view when the result of the Gubernatorial election in Osun state indicated that PDP was on the verge of winning over APC.
When it turned out that the INEC declared the election inconclusive, Mr. Chidi Anthony Opara volte-faced with the poetic thoughts below in which he castigated INEC, the umpire of the election. Mr. Opara pretends as if this is the first time an election is being declared inconclusive in Nigeria. May I remind Mr. Opara about the Gubernatorial elections in his Imo state in 2015, when Jonathan was still the President and the APC candidate Rochas Okorocha won 385,671 votes, while his PDP opponent, Emeka Ihedioha won 306,142 votes. Victory margin was 79,529 votes for Rochas. However, 144,715 votes were cancelled for various electoral faults. Since cancelled votes were more than victory margin, Attahiru Jega's led INEC declared Imo Gubernatorial elections of 2015 inconclusive.
In Osun Gubernatorial elections, the PDP candidate, Ademola Adeleke won 254, 698 votes against 254,345 for the APC candidate, Gboyega Oyetola which put the victory margin to 353. Nevertheless, cancelled votes were 3,498 which is greater than victory margin. Therefore, INEC declared the election inconclusive as it was done in Imo state in 2015 when the victory margin of Rochas Okorocha was less than the cancelled votes. It will appear as if nowadays PDP poets are like crabs and no matter how much Buhari tries, he can never make the crabs walk straight.
S. Kadiri
Skickat: den 23 september 2018 18:50
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