Action Democratic Party (ADP), on Sunday, expressed huge disappointment with the acts of violence, ballot box snatching and rigging recorded on large scale, from various reports coming from Kogi and Bayelsa states, describing such as the total betrayal of the country’s hard-earned democracy.
The party’s position was contained in a statement issued by its National Publicity Secretary, Prince Adelaja Adeoye, saying it based its concern on various reports, and video documents available in the public domain, where gunshots and ballot box snatching were the order of the day, thereby exposing the electorate, media crew and local and international observers to high degree of danger.
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The party, while expressing huge disappointment with the conduct of the polls in the two states, described the exercise as “one of the worst election in the history, where INEC staff would be kidnapped and returned without any consequence or anyone providing the country with useful explanations”.
“Democracy can only be enthroned, when electorates are allowed to exercise their franchise freely, without imposing candidates on them with force, coercing them with fear or by luring them with inducement.
“The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) must restore confidence in the people of Nigeria, that they are impartial in the conduct of the election, because, all the required resources were provided, and thousands of securities were also provided.
“INEC is accountable to Nigerians, they should look at the reports of the independent observers and do justice accordingly,” the party added.