PDP Accuses APC Of Plotting To Tamper With Ballot Papers

The Ekiti State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has alleged that the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the state plans to tamper with the ballot papers used during the just-concluded state Assembly election.

In a statement on Saturday, the Ekiti PDP Chairman, Chief Idowu Faleye, alleged that the grand plan had been concluded to collude with some officials of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to void some votes that were counted for the PDP in the election.

Faleye said there had been a wide speculation that the APC had already mobilised people to perfect the plans as put down by the leadership of the party.
He said, “This is not a new strategy of the opposition party because they did the same thing immediately after the 2007 election, which was then termed as voting after voting by the PDP. So, this time round, we shall resist this undemocratic tendencies.”

Reacting to the allegation, the state Publicity Secretary of APC, Chief Taiwo Olatubosun, described the claim as “unfounded,” saying it was a “rumour that is existing in the imagination of the person.”

Olatunbosun added, “This might be a pointer to what they are doing or what they attempt to do because we know nothing about what they are talking about.

“PDP should be thoroughly monitored by INEC since they are saying this because they are master riggers. When they are trying to do something, they blame it on innocent groups or persons.”
Faleye wondered why the opposition party had never been happy with Ekiti people, “since its governorship candidate, Dr. Kayode Fayemi, was defeated in the June 21, 2014 governorship election won by Governor Ayodele Fayose.”

However, the party has written a letter to the state Resident Electoral Commissioner, Mr. Sam Olumekun, to use his offices to stop the alleged plan.