#NigeriaElections2023: PDP rejects Ekiti results over over-voting

The spokesperson of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Presidential Campaign Council, Sen. Dino Melaye, on Monday, caused a stir at the National Collation Centre in Abuja as he rejected the presidential election result declared for Ekiti State over alleging over-voting.

Melaye, who is the agent of the PDP at the collation centre, alleged that the election result was manipulated.

The former senator stated that there was an increase of 887 in the total number of figures announced by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) for Ekiti State.

“I still insist that the figure presented by the state collection officer for the presidential election for Ekiti State of the total number of accredited voters is 315,058.

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“This is what is on the spreadsheet that we screened yesterday. And this is also what is on the actual result manual recorded by the scope and signed by the PDP agent and agents of other political parties in Ekiti State.

“But having said that, I’ve taken note of your observations; let us make progress on that one.

“But what we have here is exactly what I’ve said. And any other figure that is at variance with this one cannot supersede the official result presented. Let’s make progress,” Melaye, who represented Kogi West Senatorial District in the 8th Senate, said.

Responding, the INEC chairman, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, said the commission stood by the result declared by the collation officer of Ekiti State, Prof. Akeem Olawale Lasisi, who is the Vice-Chancellor of Federal University of Health Sciences, Ila Orangun, Osun State.

INEC had declared that Bola Tinubu of the All Progressives Congress (APC) won the presidential election in Ekiti State with 201,494 votes, defeating Atiku Abubakar of the PDP, who polled 89,554 votes.

Peter Obi of the Labour Party (LP) came third with 11,397 votes, while Rabiu Kwankwaso of the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP) got 264 votes.

The Star