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Following allegations of major electoral misbehaviour, rigging, and even the use of a deceased person’s voter card, the just-finished local government election in Lagos State has sparked controversy and fury.
Different political party chairmen, candidates, and party employees have said they were unhappy about what they called a “disgrace to democracy.”
Lawal Rasaq, an Accord Party agent in Ifelodun Local Council Development Area (LCDA), made one of the most surprising disclosures when he claimed that his deceased father’s Permanent Voter Card (PVC) was used in the ballot counting process.
Rasaq claims that when he questioned the electoral officials about how a deceased man could have voted, he was simply informed that the person had only “stepped out,” even if his father had died.
Rasaq found the incident terrible and disturbing. “How can someone who is no longer alive suddenly cast a vote? He stated.
Many other candidates for the councillorship and chairmanship in Lagos echoed related worries.
Many of them argued the election was neither fair nor free, with some insisting it had no democratic worth at all.
One of the charges was the startling assertion that voters were permitted to utilise automated teller machines (ATMs) or other cards instead of their PVCs.
Some of the applicants for chairmanship said the police officers allocated to polling locations did nothing to prevent the irregularities since they were part of the accomplices.
Ojo Local Government Area’s Labour Party chairman candidate, Magudu, said he was worried about the state of democracy in Nigeria. “We are slipping into anarchy,” he cautioned.
Sheyi Ipinleye, another Labour Party chairmanship candidate, particularly blamed the Lagos State Independent Electoral Commission (LASIEC).
He said, “The LA deliberately did not bring voting materials to the voting centre at Amuwo-Odofin.
This article was written by Jessica Olayiwola
