Kogi State chapter of the Social Democratic Party (SDP) has called for the cancellation of the governorship election of November 11 in the state.
SDP made the call at the Collation Centre where the party’s collation agent, David Edibu, submitted a petition to INEC, calling for cancellation of results in Okene, Okehi, Ogori/Magongo, Adavi, and Ajaokuta Local Government Areas of the state as well as some parts of Lokoja LGA, alleging corrupt practices, vote buying and over-voting.
He added that agents of SDP were not allowed to get close to the polling units in the five local government areas.
The state’s returning officer, Prof. Johnson Urame, received the petition on behalf of the commission and assured the SDP that the petition would be reviewed.
For its part, the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) has also said that it aligned with the petition of the SDP.
The collation agent of PDP, Abubakar Mahmood, added that the incidence of malpractices in the said local government areas was alarming.
Meanwhile, the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) while reacting to the call for cancellation of the elections in parts of the State, said that the PDP cannot blame anyone for not deploying agents to the polling units.
