The Osun State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), on Monday night, said a shocking discovery had indicated no fewer than 4,387 votes were allegedly removed by the electoral body from the total ballots polled by the opposition party in last Saturday’s governorship poll, which was declared inconclusive by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC).
Addressing a press conference in Ede, the South West zonal secretary of the PDP, Reverend Bunmi Jenyo, said a thorough investigation has revealed that the PDP was allegedly shortchanged by INEC through the summation of votes in Olorunda and Osogbo local government councils by allotting more votes to the All Progressives Congress (APC) than what the party garnered during the poll.
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According to Jenyo, details obtained from Form EC 8C showed that in Olorunda local government, the total votes polled by the APC were 14,867, while INEC recorded 16,254 votes for the ruling party, indicating that 1,387 additional votes were allotted to the APC.
He further alleged that a similar scenario played out in Osogbo local government, where the actual votes polled by the APC stood at 21, 479, adding that, on the contrary, INEC recorded 23, 379 votes for the party.
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Jenyo, however, added that INEC recorded 14, 499 for the PDP instead of 14, 599, just as he said the total votes of the PDP were reduced by 1,000 in Ayedaade local government.
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