The governorship candidate of the Accord Party (AP) in the recently held governorship election in Edo State, Dr. Bright Enabulele said he challenging the outcome of the excerise in the Election Tribunal because the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) allegedly committed fraud to favour the All Progressive Congress (APC) and its candidate, Senator Monday Okpebholo who was declared the winner of the election.....Read Full Article>>
He claimed that the results were manipulated pointing to his own experience at Ward 5 St Saviour Ivbiyeneva Primary School unit 1 in the Ikpoba/Okha local government area, where he voted on live TV ,but officially received zero votes from what the election umpire announced.
Speaking to journalists in Benin City after his counsel submitted his petition to the tribunal, Enabulele said he wants the tribunal to declare him winner of the election or cancel the entire exercise and conduct a fresh one because “there was fraud , intimidation, deliberate announcement of wrong results by INEC”.
Enabulele said he doesn’t have anything against the winner but that he was against the process leading to his emergence.
He said. “The case is against two parties, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) who conducted the election and the APC candidate that they declared winner. The reason for the challenge is due to non- compliance of the electoral process. My mandate was stolen, there was fraud, intimidation and deliberate announcement of wrong results.”
He also kicked against the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) getting a court order to inspect the BIVAS as he believed that the BIVAS was an evidence that should be presented before the court and not to be inspected with the tendencies that it could be tampered with.
“I was told that PDP obtained a court order to inspect BIVAS, but for me again ,it is wrong. Nobody should be given access to the BIVAS, because it is supposed to serve as evidence in the court. You cannot go to court without evidence. It is not about winning or losing, but that the will of the people should stand. Democracy is about the will of the people, ” he said.
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