Ekiti boils again *Violence, malpractices mar by-election *One feared dead, many injured *It's a shame -Oni *Cancel results outright -Fayose *The election was peaceful -

Written by Stephen Gbadamosi, Ado-Ekiti
Thursday, December 23, 2010


WIDESPREAD violence and allegations of ballot snatching characterised Wednesday's by-election into the seat of Moba Constituency 1 of the Ekiti State House of Assembly, with a man reportedly beaten to death, while many others sustained varying degrees of injury.






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The identity of the man who was said to have been beaten to death could not be ascertained at the time of filing this report.

But contrary reports had it that the man was only beaten into a state of coma, but was revived at an unnamed clinic later.


The policemen in the convoy of the state Commissioner of Police, Mr Olayinka Balogun, were said to have arrested some thugs, numbering 15, with guns and whisked them to the headquarters of the state police command, Ado-Ekiti.


But the Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO) in the state, Mr Mohammed Jimoh, an Assistant Superintendent of Police (ASP), said three thugs had been brought to the command headquarters for snatching ballot boxes and causing violence in the election at the time he spoke with our reporter.


INEC Returning Officer, Mr David Arabambi, who announced the result said ACN candidate, Olajide Olaniyi, scored 4,837 votes to defeat PDP and LP candidates.


PDP candidate, Mr Gboyega Afilaka, scored 2,568 votes while LP candidate, Mr Babatunde Yinka, scored 239 votes.


Twenty-five thousand, seven hundred and fifty-three voters registered for the election in the five wards.


The development led to widespread condemnation of the poll, with former Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) governor, Chief Olusegun Oni, describing the exercise as a disgrace to the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) and Nigeria, while the senator representing Ekiti North senatorial district, Mr Ayo Arise; Labour Party (LP) financier and former governor of ekiti State, Ayo Fayose, and a former commissioner in the state, who is also an LP member, Chief Segun Akinwumi, called for its outright cancellation.


However, Special Adviser, (Media) to Governor Fayemi, Alhaji Mojeed Jamiu, said former Governor Oni said so because the PDP lost. He said "the election was peaceful, except those who were not supposed to be in Ekiti, like Senator Iyiola Omisore, [Caleb] Olubolade and [Ayo] Arise, but who were chased away by the people."


The election, which started at about 8.00 a.m., saw many voters trooping out at Imayan Unit 001, believed to be the stronghold of former deputy speaker of the state, Mr Saliu Adeoti, whose demise led to the by-election, but there was a heavy presence of mobile policemen and men of the State Security Service (SSS).


In Osan Ward in Osan-Ekiti, voting was said to have been disrupted when some alleged gunmen, despite the heavy presence of policemen and SSS operatives, reportedly stormed the community, fired gunshots into the air and dispersed the voters at a polling unit directly opposite the palace of the traditional ruler of the town, Oba Tajudeen Jimoh.

the gladiators indeed!!!!!!!!!!

Its a pity that people like omisore who were supposed to be role models are the most useless set of people in this country. The question are there. He was not a votes in the said election, he was not an election observer, he was not an electoral officer, he was not living in the area. What the hell was he doing there for God sake? He led thugs to disrupt an election yeye man not knowing that the people over there were already determined never to allow what happened in 2007 to occur again. The time have come to clamp all this election looters under mother earth if the remain adamant on this unwholesome practice. May sango strike this poverty development party members to death

Its a pity that people like omisore who were supposed to be role models are the most useless set of people in this country. The question are there. He was not a votes in the said election, he was not an election observer, he was not an electoral officer, he was not living in the area. What the hell was he doing there for God sake? He led thugs to disrupt an election yeye man not knowing that the people over there were already determined never to allow what happened in 2007 to occur again. The time have come to clamp all this election looters under mother earth if the remain adamant on this unwholesome practice. May sango strike this poverty development party members to death

Its a pity that people like omisore who were supposed to be role models are the most useless set of people in this country. The questions are there. He was not a voter in the said election, he was not an election observer, he was not an electoral officer, he was not living in the area. What the hell was he doing there for God sake? He led thugs to disrupt an election, yeye man not knowing that the people over there were already determined never to allow what happened in 2007 to occur again. The time have come to clamp all this election looters under mother earth if they remain adamant on this unwholesome practice. May sango strike this poverty development party members to death

ekiti useless people ??

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@ikeyman, trouble sleep, yanga go Wake am, you dey craze.

@ikeyman, trouble sleep, yanga go Wake am, you dey craze.

So NO to PDP!

Violence begat violence!

>>> they all going to regret 2011.

let oni shut up. oni was elected twice under theft in 2007& in 2009 before been ousted in 2010. hes a criminal

Trust Ekiti to be in the News for wrong reasons.
Bye election was held in Lagos, it was peaceful. But Ekiti it is bloody.
I just wish their elders will conduct deliverance for their state.