Femi
Fani-Kayode has released a statement calling out APC for alleging that
President Jonathan was in Lagos to rig the state governorship election
in favor of PDP's Jimi Agbaje. The statement below..
"It
is not true that the President has any rigging plan for Lagos and
neither do we need any such plan because our party is very strong there.
The problem that the APC has and the reason that they make such asinine
and stupid allegations is because they actually believe that they own
Lagos State and all those that live there. They are now in a state of
panic because for the first time in 16 years, they are facing a
formidable challenge and they know that Jimi Agbaje of the PDP is likely
to win. The truth is that there was no secret meeting in which rigging
was planned by the President and neither is it true that materials were
smuggled in to rig Lagos State. Jonathan conceded defeat and
congratulated Buhari even though there were many questions about the
card readers, the role of INEC and the so-called votes that APC
allegedly won in Kano, Katsina, Jigawa, Kaduna and in one or two other
places in the North. The figures for the APC were inflated in those
states whilst the votes that Jonathan scored were purposely suppressed
and reduced in places like Abia and other parts of the east by INEC.
This is the bitter truth even though many people are reluctant to say it
or admit it. Till today, many of us are wondering what really happened
to the INEC commissioner in Kano and whether it is true that he and his
whole family were murdered after he privately expressed his misgivings
and regrets about inflating the figures for the APC during the
presidential elections. Rather than spitting in Jonathan’s face and
rejecting his friendly handshake by accusing him of plotting to rig
Lagos, the APC should keep their mouths shut and bury their heads in
shame for what they and their friends in INEC did during the
presidential election.” the statement read
