Ekiti Election: We will follow democratic process – Gov. Emmanuel

Following the outcome of the Ekiti Governorship election, Governor
Udom Emmanuel of Akwa Ibom state has urged Nigerians to allow the rule
of law take its course.

Emmanuel stated this at the Ibom International Airport in an interview
with State House reporters, on Monday.

He commended faithfuls of the Peoples Democratic Party for showing
enough resilience and support to the party during the elections in
Ekiti State, but advised that despite the development, people should
allow the legal processes to be followed.

"Our resilience is also very fantastic. But I am sure we will follow
proper democratic process," he said.

He described the Ekiti election as a 'Test Case' for the Independent
National Electoral Commission, and congratulated the PDP for the high
political awareness in the state.

"Let me first of all say, congratulations to PDP. We have a very
strong party. My only regret is that we didn't have enough Akwa Ibom
people to see what political awareness could be," he added.

The Governor said he was impressed to see that, "as early as 6.30am,
every single person you saw there (in Ekiti) saying they were voters,
they were all PDP members, going out to vote."

He narrated further that "by 2pm, in several wards and units, the
elections were over and the results came out clean, when I say clean,
very clean."

The Governor who headed the National PDP Committee on the Ekiti
election declined to speak on why the PDP which was leading from early
polls survey, suddenly nosedived to a second position, admonishing
against actions that tended to push the country backward.

"I don't hold a voter card from Ekiti, I am not from Ekiti State but
we should allow pure democracy to work here and proper democratic
processes," he maintained.

He warned against militarized democracy, saying it would not work in Nigeria.

"I didn't expect to see the number of force, military; what I saw in
Ekiti left so much to be desired." He said.