Lagos LG Polls Rejected by LP, YPP, PDP, and Others – Demand Cancellation

The local government elections on Saturday should be canceled, according to a number of opposition groups in Lagos, who have termed the process rigged and dishonest.
Lagos opposition parties, including the African Action Congress (AAC), the Labour Party (LP), the Young Progressives Party (YPP), the Action People’s Congress (APP), and the Accord Party, have called for the immediate cancellation of last Saturday’s local government elections, denouncing the process as rigged and fraudulent.

The Lagos State Independent Electoral Commission (LASIEC) is accused of subverting democracy and denying opposition candidates the right to vote by the Forum of Lagos PDP Local Government Chairmen, who also declared preparations to contest the results in court during a joint news briefing.
LP Chairman Pastor Dayo Ekong, speaking at the conference through her deputy Mr. Olasupo Ajayi, stated: “The recently concluded Local Government elections were a carefully planned, well-executed charade intended only to impose the ruling party’s will upon the people of Lagos. They were not an exercise in democratic choice. Widespread anomalies planned by LASIEC were observed and recorded by us.
With the following statement, she challenged the results: “We categorically reject the fraudulent results declared by LASIEC in the affected LGAs.” We hold Justice Bola Ighile directly accountable for this absurdity and the total breakdown of LASIEC’s reputation while she was in charge.
We are unrelenting in our resolve. Extensive evidence of these atrocities is being gathered. We will pursue every constitutional and legal option to stop this electoral fraud. Until justice is done and the will of the Lagos people is honored, we won’t stop. “The Labour Party will not permit this daylight robbery to go unpunished,” Ekong declared, vowing to take legal action.
The procedure was also questioned by Mr. Olusegun Mobolaji of the YPP.
The timeline was contradictory, tiresome, choppy, and intolerable for opposing parties. The entire procedure that resulted in this election was riddled with abnormalities and irregularities. How can we provide credibility to an election where certain parties received nomination forms from LASIEC just two days prior to the poll due to certain problems?
After protesting that the APP’s emblem had been removed from the voting papers, Mrs. Abiola Adeyemi, the State Chairperson of APP, narrowly avoided being attacked by suspected APC thugs in Badagry.

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Additionally, “LASIEC acted as election players, not as umpires,” stated Mr. Dele Oladeji, Chairman of the Accord Party. We ran against the LASIEC. Prior to election day, there was a systematic rigging operation.
Chief Adegboyega Adegbesan, the Forum Chairman and PDP leader in Oshodi-Isolo, rejected the election results as invalid on behalf of the PDP.
“There was no election on Saturday. It was an act of deception and a criminal conspiracy that went against the will of the people. There was widespread vote box stuffing in PDP strongholds throughout the state. Bags containing pre-thumbprinted votes were delivered.
Additionally, he charged that LASIEC had intentionally made logistical mistakes.
He said that in several places, election materials were either delivered late or not at all, and that paperwork was purposefully lacking in order to irritate PDP supporters and lower turnout.
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