APC claims to have taken an early lead in the Edo governorship election, citing initial vote counts as the party looks toward victory.
The Edo State governorship election was held on Saturday, and the All Progressives Congress (APC) has claimed that Senator Monday Okpebholo, its candidate, is now leading the race.
APC’s National Publicity Secretary, Felix Morka, issued a statement late on Saturday night urging Nigerians to disregard erroneous poll results that are making the rounds on social media.
“The attention of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has been drawn to some reports circulating in sections of social media by certain political parties peddling bogus figures of vote tallies in the ongoing Edo State Gubernatorial Election,” the statement titled “DISREGARD FAKE ELECTION FIGURES/ RESULT IN CIRCULATION- COLLATION ACTIVELY IN PROGRESS” reads in full.
We implore the electors of Edo State and the broader public to ignore these fraudulent and wildly speculative reports.
The great Party would want to make it clear that the Ward level collation process is still in progress and will not be completed. In fact, most local government areas in the state have not even started, let alone finished, their local government level collation.
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) is the only entity authorized under the Electoral Act to compile results at the Ward, Local Government, and State levels and to formally announce the Election’s outcome.
Although our wonderful Party has a commanding early lead, we will not try to thwart INEC’s formal announcement of the results or the end of the election process as responsible Party.
We implore the people to ignore this attempt at deception and to wait for INEC’s official election decision.
