In a statement issued in Lagos on Sunday by its National Publicity Secretary, Lai Mohammed, the party said it has the authentic results from every polling unit where voting took place on Saturday, and will not accept anything contrary to those signed results.

It decried the dangerous kite now being flown by the PDP, through some of their paid media channels, seeking to appropriate unearned victories across the nation.

“We have always said we will accept the result of any free, fair and transparent elections. We stand by that avowal. However, what we will not accept – and which we are sure Nigerians themselves will reject – is any move to rewrite the results and thwart the will of the people under any guise. We will not accept that.

“We have heard of the desperate moves to cancel the results in areas where the APC has beaten the PDP embarrassingly. Nigerians will definitely not accept that,” APC said.

The party said it is aware of the ongoing efforts to force Electoral Officers and Presiding Officers in Imo State, some of whom are being picked up by the military as we write, to rewrite the results of the elections in the state.

“We have the results from every polling unit in Imo State and we know that we have won in over 80 per cent in the presidential election. So there must be no shenanigans,” it warned.

APC also said the same attempts are being made in Sokoto, Enugu, Ekiti, Ondo, Lagos and other states, wondering why anyone will be seeking to reverse the results that are already settled.

“In the Nsukka Local Government Area, INEC officials, instead of collating results, handed over the exercise to PDP Nsukka zone to write. They holed up inside ADADA HOUSE (a Local Government guest house) to write results and change figures, and were provided with security by the police.

“APC candidates and agents were chased away. In collaboration with INEC, they refused to let the card readers function and no result sheets came to most polling booths.

“In Lagos, they have yet to announce the result of the Apapa Local Government which has been ready since yesterday, apparently in a move to manipulate the outcome. Those who voted will not agree with any attempt to steal their votes,” the party warned.

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Former governor of Ekiti State, Ayo Fayose, has accused the All Progressives Congress, APC, of colluding with the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, in a bid to rig the June 21 governorship election in the state.

The former governor asked for immediate removal of the state Resident Electoral Commissioner, Halilu Pai, allegedly for hobnobbing with top hierarchy of the APC in the state.

In a statement issued in Ado Ekiti, the state capital on Tuesday, the former governor said the APC and the INEC were hiding under the ongoing nationwide registration of the party to commit crime.

The statement urged the Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission, Prof. Attahiru Jega, to constitute a committee that would investigate the allegation.

It said, “The Peoples Democratic Party from reliable source confirmed that the Resident Electoral Commissioner in the state, including some officials of the Ekiti State Government, recently met a National Leader of the APC in a five-star hotel on Victoria Island in Lagos.

“At the said meeting, the Ekiti State Resident Electoral Commissioner allegedly pledged his loyalty to the party and assured those at the meeting that he will do everything within his power to work for the success of the ruling party in the South-West”.

It said that a similar meeting was held in Ado Ekiti, where plans on how to rig the poll were made.

The state Director of Media, APC, Segun Dipe, said, “Ayo Fayose has lost it. He is a confused politician. The so called INEC designated points are meant for every party.

“Essentially, the so-called INEC designated points are property of individuals. They are community places. It is not INEC property and any activity can happen there. We can play football there, fry Akara or do other things. Fayose is free to register with APC if he wants to.

“On connivance with INEC, we know which party is close to INEC. We know which party wants to use INEC for the 2015 election. We know what happened in Anambra, Delta and Ondo states”.

An official of INEC, who spoke on the condition of anonymity, said, “Fayose is free to express his opinion. If he has any evidence to establish his case he should prove it. If he has a video, let him play. Let him even state the date and time”.

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