Fayose alleges INEC, Police compromised in Osun governorship election

Ekiti State Governor Ayodele Fayose on Friday alleged that the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), the Police and other security agencies were compromised in favour of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) at the recently-concluded Osun state governorship election.

Fayose, a member of the opposition People’s Democratic Party (PDP) said the result of the election was a repeat of Ekiti state governorship election won by the APC which he described as a “stolen mandate” by the ruling party.

Candidate of the APC Gboyega Oyetola was declared the winner of the election by INEC after polling 255,505 votes compared to 255, 023 votes of the candidate of the opposition PDP Ademola Adeleke.

“It was obvious even to the blind that the Osun election, as was the case with Ekiti, was a contest between the PDP and the security agencies supervised by a compromised INEC,” Fayose said in a tweet.

“Therefore, we want to believe that conscionable Nigerians and the survival of this country as a whole are at the mercy of God and of the judiciary. And if the judiciary fails to rise up to the occasion, Nigerians will be among men the most miserable.”