By Jude Opara
A chieftain of the All Progressives Congress, (APC), Kassim Afegbua, has faulted the report by Athena Centre for Policy and Leadership (ACPL) claiming the Edo governorship election was rigged.
Peoples Daily reports that ACPL, a non-partisan research institute, over the weekend, indicted the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) on the conduct of the September 21 Edo State governorship election.
The organisation, which conducted a review of the election that produced APC candidate Monday Okpebholo as governor of the South-South state, claimed that it was compromised.
Peoples Daily reports that Okpebholo polled 291,667 votes to beat his closest contender, Asue Ighodalo of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, who polled 247,274 votes.
However, Afegbua, in an interview on Channels Television monitored in Abuja, said the PDP were bad losers and the report was heavily influenced by the party’s position.
“Athena Centre’s report/claims of rigging in the Edo governorship election are “partisan” and only echoed PDP’s thoughts,” he said.
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