Oyo Matters
Oyo LG Polls, A Mockery Of Democracy-APC Chieftain, Alao
A chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Oyo State, Engineer Oyedele Hakeem Alao aka Allow Alao, has described the local government election held in the state on Saturday as a mockery of democracy.
Alao, in a statement by his Media Office, said Governor Seyi Makinde of the state and the Oyo State Independent Electoral Commission (OYSIEC), fooled the people of the state by promising free and fair election, stating that what played out was nothing, but a charade which he said cannot stand the test of a democratic norm.
According to him, with the election, Governor Makinde has further shown his disdain for the third tier of government as he has consistently kicked against local government autonomy.
He noted that he and the state electoral body ensured that there was no election throughout the state by withholding election materials from virtually all the polling units.
Also, the Asiwaju of Irokoland, while insisting that Governor Makinde went through the route to save himself from electoral defeat at the local government level, maintained that the results of the election declared by Makinde and OYSIEC is a phyric victory and a mockery of democracy at the grassroots.
He said, “I want to join well meaning citizens of our dear state to condemn what played out on Saturday as local government electione.
“Both Governor Makinde and OYSIEC assured the people of free and fair election, but sadly they did the opposite by disenfranchising the people and by withholding election materials from all the polling units and went ahead to announce results that have been prepared before the election.
“For me, the people of the state do not believe in the shenanigans that the Governor and the electoral body called election, which has brought shame to the pacesetter state.
“However it only goes to show that the days of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP)-led government in the state are numbered and at the appropriate time, the people of the state would speak with their votes in a free and fair election.”
The politician then appealed to the teeming members of the APC in the state not to be dismayed, but rather have hope that the people of the state are eagerly yearning for the return of the party to the Agodi Government House.
He also called for an amendment of the 1999 constitution for a truly independent and unbiased empire in the states to conduct elections at the local government level without the interference of governors, who he said have turned themselves to emperors, saying that if they are not quickly checked, they might truncate the country’s democracy.
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