Lagos Election: Ex-Deputy gov alleges fraud, demands cancellation

Lagos Election: Ex-Deputy gov alleges fraud, demands cancellation

Senator Kofoworola Bucknor-Akerele, a former Deputy Governor of Lagos State, has alleged anomalies in the state’s ongoing local government elections and has urged for their cancellation.

Bucknor-Akerele stated her dissatisfaction with her inability to vote at her voting station in a Saturday interview with Nigeria Info.

“I have been to my own unit; my name is not there,” she said, adding that several units had been moved without prior notice.

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“There are units supposed to be in front of Eko Hotel; they have brought them here to Ajose Adeogun,” she said.

The former deputy governor stated that the relocation of voting stations and the missing names were part of a bigger scheme to rig the election.

“There is a clear effort to rig the election in favour of one party. Many people are not able to vote because they have completely disrupted all the polling units,” she said.

Bucknor-Akerele petitioned the Lagos State Independent Electoral Commission to call off the poll, citing disenfranchisement and widespread logistical difficulties.

 

Lagos Election: Ex-Deputy gov alleges fraud, demands cancellation