APC, INEC planning to rig Kogi guber electionAPM candidate

Our ReporterThe Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has been accused of working with the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) in Kogi State, to rig the November 16 governorship election in the state for incumbent Governor Yahaya Bello.Governorship candidate of the Allied Peoples Movement (APM), Yusuf Dantalle, made the allegation at the weekend while speaking to reporters in Abuja, the Federal Capital Territory (FCT).Read Also:Kogi governership candidate alleges threat to lifeExpressing doubts over the eventual outcome of the polls, Dantalle warned that the election may have already been rigged in favour of the APC and its candidate, Governor Bello. Yusuf said opposition political parties are coming together to express lack of confidence in the Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC) in the state.He maintained that INEC had no constitutional powers to disqualify candidates, saying the opposition parties are prepared to resist any attempt by INEC and the APC to deny the people the right to choose.The election is now being rigged before the election day itself. Political parties are already coming together to kick against the present REC in Kogi State because there is no confidence. The opposition will reject all plans to mortgage the destiny of Kogi people by denying them the right to choose their leaders. INEC has no constitutional powers to disqualify candidates, Dantalle said while urging the people of the state to be observant as the election approaches.
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