A governorship aspirant of the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, in Kogi state, Smart Adeyemi, has described the outcome of the primary election in the state as a ‘r@p£ of democracy.’
He stated this while speaking in an interview on Arise Television on Monday, April 17.
The Kogi lawmaker, who insisted the was no election, said God will d£§cend on officials of the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, if they agree that the APC primaries election took place.
He said, “About eight of us, apart from probably the man that was anointed, none of us has the privilege to vote. In essence, there was no voting anywhere. What they did was to write the result. It was a sham, It was a r@pe of democracy, It was a di$grace, a betrayal of all those who laid down their lives for the enthronement of democracy in Nigeria.
I have heard of rigging, if there was voting and we alleged rigging, OK we will say they were rigged out, but in this instance, we were at our polling unit at our ward secretariat, there was no material, nobody, what they did was to invite the chairmen of the local government areas including those of them who were said to have been suspended.
It is unimaginable. This is a new phenomenon that must not stand because if Kogi State gets away with this, other Governors will copy this. There was no election. Ask my colleague, ask the security service, and ask the INEC people unless they want God to d£§cend on them. There was no voting.”
It would be recalled that on April 7, in an interview, Sen. Smart maintained that the 2023 presidential election was one of the freest in the nation’s history even though it was not perfect.
“I speak my mind at any point in time. And let me tell you the truth, I hold the view that this election was free to a large extent and better than the previous election. Those who feel bitter can just wait for the next election,” he said.
