The Nigerian Police have said an agent of the All
Progressives Congress in the June 21 governorship
election in Ekiti State, Mr. Peter Alabi, was involved
snatching of ballot box during the poll in Ayedun
Ekiti, Ikole Local Government Area of the state.
They said Alabi escaped arrest but that the election
of
the unit where the incident happened was cancelled
by the Independent National Electoral Commission.
The police who stated this in their report tendered
before the Governorship Election Petition Tribunal
sitting in Abuja on Thursday, added that the incident
was the only electoral offence recorded throughout
the state during the election.
The Justice Mohammed Siraju-led tribunal admitted
the police report as exhibit.
This came as all parties in the petition challenging
the
victory of Governor Ayodele Fayose of the Peoples
Democratic Party in the election, brought their cases
to a close on Thursday.
The police said in their report that the APC agent who
snatched the ballot box had done so under the
pretext of trying to cast his vote.
The report reads in part, “Result of Unit 6 Odogo
under Ward 9 in Ikole Local Government Area was
cancelled due to the snatching of the ballot box by
one peter Alabi of Odo Ayedun Ekiti an APC agent
who pretended to cast his vote and ran into the bush
with the ballot box. When pursued by the security
agents, he tore the ballot papers there in and
escaped.
“INEC subsequently cancelled the unit result.”
The police, represented by Chief Olusola Oke, said in
their report that the snatching of the ballot box was
the only electoral offence recorded during the
election in the state.
“Where we experienced snatching of ballot box and
tearing of ballot papers in which suspect mentioned
is presently at large,” the police report signed by the
Commissioner of Police (Election), Ekiti state
Command, Ikechukwu A. Aduba, read in part.
The matter was then adjourned till December 17 for
parties to adopt their final written addresses in the
petition which was filed by the All Progressives
Congress.
The APC fielded former governor of Ekiti State, Dr.
Kayode Fayemi, in the election.
The petitioner alleged excessive militarisation of the
election in a manner that jeopardised its chances at
the poll and the ineligibility of Fayose to contest in
the election on that he had been impeached as
governor in 2006.
The party also challenged the eligibility of Fayose to
contest in the election stating that he was
undergoing criminal prosecution by the Economic
and Financial Crimes Commission.
But Fayose, represented by Yusuf Ali (SAN), had in
his
defence told the tribunal that the panel set up to
investigate him as governor in 2006 cleared him and
his purported impeachment by the state House of
Assembly went to illegally remove him.
Apart from Fayose and the PDP, other respondents
in
the petition are Chief of Army Staff and INEC.

apc are bokoharam

buhari is a terrorist

Police is an arm of pdp.

I keep on saying it APC is synonymous with violence .

I insist

APC is not the change Nigerians deserve.

The Nigerian Police are normally liars.

That's how they roll.