Deputy governor of Ekiti State and candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the July 14 governorship election in the state, Professor , has filed a petition challenging the result of the election, at the election petition tribunal in Ado-Ekiti. Olanipekun claimed that there were disregards to the rules of the conduct of the election. According to him, the election witnessed falsifications, ballot-stuffing and manipulation among other irregularities in the conduct of the election in the state. “The will of the people was subverted by those who have chosen to take Nigeria back to the dark days of ballot stuffing, ballot boxes snatching and outright falsification of election results and I believe they deserve to get justice. “I formally filed the much-expected petition against the results of the July 14, 2018 governorship election, which was openly manipulated by political desperadoes, using instruments of the federal government.

Source: Nigerian Tribune August 04, 2018 06:30 UTC