A prominent Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Chieftain, Otunba Segun Adewale has called on the Lagos State Independent Electoral Chairman, Hon. Justice Ayotunde Phillips to outrightly nullify the Saturday Council Poll citing widespread rigging with impunity.
Adewale, who played a lead role in galvanizing support for PDP chairmanship and councillorship candidates in Alimosho area of the state,faulted the electoral process which he alleged ran contrary to LASIEC’s rules.
The PDP Southwest zone official berates the process for want of fairness.
“The election was not fair nor free, it should be cancelled otherwise I will advise PDP candidates to come out enmasse and protest against the injustice.
“A lot of our people won the election all around Lagos but it was rigged,it was fraught with ballot paper snatching,PDP loyal members beaten to coma. Although collaboration of some members not favoured in primaries did a lot more damage.
“For instance in Agbado Oke Odo they brought the ballot papers and started thumb printing inside a Police Station, but this was not challenged because we are not united, we go to war with our home in disarray,I have video evidences of this as it repletes everywhere.
“Can you see what they did in Oshodi? So I am not blaming APC totally but this is a report that the Commissioner of Police should take as per social vices here, because nobody has a monopoly of violence.
“If the democracy preached by Asiwaju is genuine then this election should be cancelled.
” I know people will tell us to go to court but that is only reasonable if the rigging is minimal, fine we can go to court but this is just blatant, audacious, I don’t care rigging, it is like a slap on PDP’s face.
“I will not condone irregularities with silence because I was directly involved in the election, I had people contesting in my ward and I know the way APC manipulated things.
“So I will therefore be very grateful if Chief Phillips can look into this and cancel the election outrightly.” Adewale reiterated.
Adewale however, counseled PDP faithful to team up and rescue the party from the enemies within.
According to him many of this saboteurs are just waiting for the monies in 2023 elections, “they cannot make us win in Lagos as they have been trading us off since 1999.
It is a shame that, when it comes to sharing of money and position the leadership is active but goes inert at critical moments like election periods, at the polling booths they are no where to be found, when it comes to rallying support for our candidates.
“I am in PDP, ready to make things work positively and beat APC politically arms down.
“But you are branded a thug for defending your vote,life and family,in Agege two people were killed and those killing won’t be called thugs by the PDP leaders,if we want to retaliate or defend ourselves,the same PDP leaders not APC will be calling us thug.
“I can’t be everywhere, we need everybody to be on the same page,this election was rigged by APC because PDP allowed it. If we are together who dared try that?”
He maintained that PDP Lagos needed a new beginning and structure,”we need to start all over again to rebuild.
“Otherwise we would just be wasting our time as the unscrupulous few within our fold pillages us further, then we can just kiss our political fortune in 2023 elections good bye.
“APC on the other hand ensures nothing divides their ranks once election matter arises, they will come together, rig us out and deal with us severely, so how do you want to fight?”