Dino Melaye, president of the Peoples Democratic Party, has accused Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission, of rigging the presidential election.
Dino Melaye talked to media at the International Conference Centre’s Collation Centre after he and other party agents, including the Labour Party agent, staged a work out from the collation process.
Melaye said that the BVAS was not utilized in many places during Saturday’s Presidential and National Assembly elections, accusing the All Progressives Party, APC, of mass thumb-printing at several polling units with the assistance of INEC.
He also bemoaned the electoral umpire’s failure to post results to its system since the election.
“We party agents, having observed that the INEC Chairman is determined to rig and manipulate the election by making sure that results are not uploaded by vehemently making a statement that makes it look like we’re all here to rubberstamp the fraud that has already been rigged between INEC and APC.
“We are saying we are not here to rubber-stamp the fraud. We are Nigerians and we all know that there’s no one on the server and he is now saying we should wait for the process to be completed before it can be reviewed.
“Knowing fully well that once a declaration is done there can’t be any review but court. So we are completely disassociating ourselves that’s why we staged a workout. We have records of where BVAS were not used but results were pronounced.
“They cannot upload results because they know that what they will present will be in variance to what they are showing Nigerians. INEC has rigged the electoral process. The 2023 election has been rigged.”
