Osun rerun: Highest level of democratic immorality ever – Suleiman Ukandu

As mixed reactions continue to trail the just concluded Osun state
governorship election, a member of the Abia State Advisory Council,
Alhaji Suleiman Ukandu, has called for a complete overhaul of the
current leadership of the Independent National Electoral Commission
(INEC) to enable the country achieve a transparent election in 2019.

Ukandu, however, accused the electoral umpire of allegedly working
with the governing All Progressives Congress,APC, to subvert the
peoples will in the just concluded Osun governorship election.

INEC had on Friday morning declared Gboyega Oyetola of the All
Progressives Congress, APC, winner of the Osun State governorship
election.

The State Returning Officer of the contest, Prof. Joseph Areola
Afuwape, made the declaration after reeling out scores of all the 48
candidates that participated in the election one after the other.

The PDP chieftain who spoke with DAILY POST on Friday, said, "There is
no rerun election in Osun state. The purported rerun election was a
mockery of the nation's democracy. What happened there was a daylight
robbery. It is the highest level of democratic immorality ever
witnessed on the surface of the earth".

"It was a stage-managed and manipulated activity, being concocted by
security forces with the help of INEC and APC. And such a thing, it
doesn't suppose to be called an election in the first place".

Asked if he was confident on the electoral body conducting free and
fair election come 2019, he said, " How can 2019 election be free and
fair when this kind of things are happening? An election won by PDP
clearly with a wide margin, all of a sudden, you said it is an
inconclusive election, only to turn around and arranged a purported
rerun which has already been pre-determined by INEC and their
collaborators.

"With this kind of things happening, I doubt if we will have a
peaceful election in 2019. I'm calling for a complete overhaul of the
electoral body".

"The system has to be overhauled. Certain people have to leave the
commission to function as unbiased empire".

Meanwhile,the All Progressives Congress, APC, Friday, congratulated
the party's candidate, Gboyega Oyetola on his victory in the Osun
state Governorship re-run elections.

The ruling party said it was truly a tough contest and a hard-fought
win. APC spoke through its National Publicity Secretary, Yekini
Nabena.