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Allegations of electoral misconduct have trailed the July 12, 2025, Lagos State Local Government elections, as opposition parties voice frustration with the process, citing irregularities at polling units and collation centres.
Lawal Rasaq, the Accord Party agent for Ifelodun LCDA, shared his experience during a post-election dialogue organised by News Central TV, describing the process as flawed and manipulated against opposition candidates.
“On the day we have a meeting with the LASIEC Chairman,” Rasaq recalled, “I call his attention… to the coalition ground, because we have been participating in the election for a long time and we know how these people rig us.”
He said he asked for a list of designated collation centres, but the chairperson deflected, claiming the information was in their provided booklets. “I said, it’s not there. That day the woman wanted to fight, was just shouting.”
Rasaq alleged that, contrary to electoral procedures, results were collated not at official centres but at the chairman’s office. “Did you know that on election day, the coalition ground was not used? They took all material and everything to chairman local government office… where we are announcing.”
He further criticised the role of security agencies during the polls, calling their conduct “another slap on [the] whole opposition party in Lagos and in Nigeria in general,” and accusing them of inaction in the face of clear violations.
In a shocking claim, Rasaq revealed that his late father, Mudashir, was recorded as having voted. “My father is late. I went to go and cast my vote. I said, check Lawal… Did you know that they voted on my father who is late? And I stand and ask them that, where is this man? When was this man [here] to vote? They didn’t want to answer me.”
He said the polling officials were unable to explain how the vote was cast in his father’s name. “When I saw my father’s name on that list, I said, who voted here?… I said, let me see the person who voted… He said, but you are not Mudashir. I said, my father is Mudashir. How did my father come here to vote? I want to know.”
Rasaq, a familiar face in his local government, said the officials grew uneasy when confronted. “The LASIEC officials, they don’t even know what to say, because they now know that there’s a problem.”
The Lagos State Independent Electoral Commission (LASIEC) has not issued a formal response to the allegations at the time of this report.
