TOP 5 WRONG THINGS ABOUT OSUN 2018 GUBERNATORIAL ELECTION
Pic: Gubernatorial Candidates in Osun 2018 Gubernatorial Elections
There are tons of list of wrong things about Osun 2018 Gubernatorial Election. Last gubernatorial election in Osun state,was characterized with mixed feelings. Many have
even
concluded
that
INEC
(Independent
national
electoral commission) cannot be relied on so as to have a
free
and
fair
election
in
2019
across
various
locations in Nigeria. INEC have taken charge of the whole election process in Nigeria and based on the success they had in the 2015 election when led by Prof. Attahiru Jega, people have seen the electoral committee as a body that can be relied on but based on the last gubernatorial election
that was conducted in Osun State, many have been left many doubts about INEC. Let us quickly examine 5 things that went wrong in the last Osun decides. Only One million plus voters register in a state of over four million populations Perharps, onr of the first wrong things about Osun 2018 Gubernatorial Election record
of
registered
that one will notice is the voters
in
the
state.Osun
state have a population of about 4 million people and INEC recorded that only 1,682,495 registered in order to participate in the election. This is relatively not encouraging compared to the previous election processes that have been conducted in the State in which people really
turned
out
to
discharge
their
civic
duties.
Also, any one would reasoned that by now, there is increase in the level of awareness of the electorate as to
warrant
large
turnout
as
against
low
turnout
recorded in the just concluded gubernatorial election. Only a fraction of registered voters collected their voter's card As if the number of registered voters was not enough, one will quickly notice other wrong things about Osun 2018
Gubernatorial
Election.
One
of
these
is
the
announcement of the eligible voters who have collected their
voter's
card
which
are
just
fraction
of
the
reported
registered
voters.
This
will
sent
chilling
feelings through your spine when you consider the fact that 435,015 people out of those who registered did not collect their PVC (permanent voter’s card). Does this means only few people will determine the fate of the state of over 4 million population? There were allegations of skirmishes from almost all the political parties involved in the election The governorship race between the aspirant was a close one
between
the
three
leading
contestant Oyetola
of
APC, Adeleke of PDP and Omisore of SDP. But one thing sound so obvious that placed the trust level of people in the whole election process to zero because of the poor security system. They were reports of skirmishes, thuggery and unrest in some locations especially during the
rerun
election
and
till
now,
no
one
has
investigated this reports even though they are attested to
by
the
international
and
local
observers
respectively. Main
election
result
of
Osun
2018
gubernatorial
election was cancelled Perhaps one of the top wrong things about Osun 2018 Gubernatorial Election affected
polling
was the votes of the votes of
booths.
At
the
end
of
the
main
election, some polling booths results were cancelled
because of the trust issues as regard the free and fairness of the electoral process in those areas. But the thing that will cause you to raise your eyebrow was the basis of declaring that election inconclusive which raised
eyebrow. This
particular
action
left
many
Nigerians astonished. After the election process of the day which made Adeleke of PDP leading, the election was declared
inconclusive
saying
there
was
a
need
election results in places where their results
for were
cancelled. Among the question you would want to ask was why was can't INEC approach the cancellation result the same
way
it
does
during
Gov.
Oyinlola
and
Gov.
Aregbesola both of Osun state? Who actually called the INEC resident electoral officer before the election was declared inconclusive? Could the call be the reason why the election was declared inconclusive? Rumors of Vote Buying and Intimidation One
of
the
major
wrong
things
about
Osun
2018
Gubernatorial Election was the rumors of vote buying from
almost
the Osun point,
2018
it
election,
all
was votes
the
political
gubernatorial rumored were
parties
election.
that
in
bought
for
the a
involved
In-fact, At new
places
particular
in a of
party
while if you are against the party, you are sent back and not allowed to vote. Which political party actually did this? We won’t probably know in the nearest future.
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