GOVERNOR Adams Oshiomhole of Edo State has raised an alarm over
alleged plans by the opposition party to manipulate July 14 governorship
election in the state through the use of federal employees to conduct
the election.
But the state PDP, however, dismissed the governor’s claim, describing it as spurious alarm.
This came as the Abuja Division of the Federal High Court restrained
the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, from making further
use of Electronic Collapsible Transparent Ballot Boxes, ECTBB.
The governor who spoke at an interactive session with members of the
Nigerian Bar Association, NBA, in the state at the Police Officers’
Mess, Benin City, argued that the pronouncement of the Director-General
of National Youth Service Corps, NYSC, to stop the use of Youth Corps
members for the election would only cause confusion in the state.
Oshiomhole who said the PDP at a meeting in Abuja protested the use
of Youth Corps members for the conduct of the election because they were
anticipating violence, said it was a reflection of what they have in
mind.
He said: “They protested that they do not want Corps members to
conduct the elections because they saw some youth corps members at the
venue of our campaigns even when it was obvious that the rallies were
held in schools and students were in session. They claimed the decision
was due to the violence in the state. Where is the violence in the
state? They can bring the youth corps members from anywhere, from
Sokoto, from Maiduguri, but we do not want federal employees. This
election must be won or lost at the polling booth.”
Oshiomhole urged the NBA to prevail on the NYSC Director General not
to allow anybody to manipulate them and if they allow federal civil
servants to be used to conduct the election, they would bring people
that would manipulate the election.
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