Human rights activist, Mallam Sheu Sani, has said that the Ekiti governorship election was not free and fair.
This position expressed by the President, Civil Rights Congress of Nigeria, ran contrary to the widespread belief that the election was credible, free and fair.
Kaduna-based Sani, in a statement on Tuesday, said the election could not be free and fair when the government deployed security operatives to harass and intimidate political opponents to favour the ruling Peoples Democratic Party’s candidate, Mr. Ayo Fayose.
The CRC’s boss noted that in the countdown to the election, key figure of the All Progressives Congress, campaign managers as well as government functionaries were arrested, adding that a credible election must be devoid of the use of force or coercion in any way.
The pro-democracy activist warned that what happened in Ekiti must not happen during the August 9, 2014 governorship election in Osun State.
The statement said, “The PDP did not win Ekiti; they captured Ekiti through the strategy of force and inducement. Fayemi’s acceptance of defeat is more for peace than for justice. Those in Abuja reveling the victory over APC are simply toasting to the cruel triumph of might over morality.”
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