‘Election Was Rigged But I Will Not Go To Court’ – Kogi SDP Candidate Ajaka

The candidate of the Social Democratic Party (SDP) in Saturday’s Kogi State governorship election, Muritala Ajaka, says it will be a waste of time to challenge the outcome of the poll in court.

Ajaka while featuring on Channels TV, however insisted that the election was rigged with the support of the Independent National Electoral Commission.

Ajaka further warned that there would be anarchy in the country if the election was allowed to stand.

He said, “In the whole of the five local governments in central, the whole of the five local governments in central, there was no election anywhere. They wrote results. Result sheets were given to Yahaya Bello.

“In Okene local government, they turned out over 130,000 votes, haba! And INEC accepted that result and what is on the BVAS is less than 30,000.

“With all due respect to the person of the INEC chairman, if they don’t do a checklist and investigate their officials that went to Kogi State and allow this to stand, I doubt if there will be election in 2027.

“When the commission told us yesterday that they were looking into this case, we were hopeful, that is why everybody relaxed. Only for them now to collate these results. It is annoying. Three local governments are producing 230,000-something votes.”

Ajaka however noted that he wont be going to court, saying, “What am I going to court to do when the same INEC that did this is going to come as a witness to defend what they did? So it is a waste of time.

“To do what? Except the party people because I’m hugely disappointed. If the INEC chairman allows this to stand, they are looking for trouble in Nigeria.

“I assure you if they allow this to stand as they are allowing in all the states now, they are calling for anarchy in this country.”