khadaffi:


Look my brother, I don't give a rat about PDP or APC. When I first heard that media men and some party's agent were not allowed into the collation centre, I thought it was a lie because the complains came from PDP agents. If its found to be true, the election should be out rightly cancelled. There is nothing for INEC to improve on there, that is not how elections have been conducted in Nigeria.

As for money that was flying around. I was really surprised because I thought there was a law that stated that there should not be any form of campaigning on the day of voting. On that day people were openly canvassing for votes while the security men watched HELPLESSLY

basilo101:
When they manipulated Ondo APC primary elections, afonjas start pontificating on morality but when they manipulate Edo election afonjas celebrate, even interpreting it as their victory over igbos. By the time absolute manipulation power has been totally handed over to them and they manipulate Lagos election, the only consolation of the afonjas, i hope they will shut up

Chigold101:
you are right bro...
But not allowing observers into colation centre is the one i dont understand.

Abi u understand am?

franciskaine:
were PDP agents not also allowed entrance?

Jidibia:

If you have got a lot of energy to burn, please I ain't got non to burn okay. I never told you elections have been free and fair in Nigeria before. But sharing money openly while our security agents watched speaks volumes. And it pisses me off when people come here to say no part of the world where elections are free and fair. They should just say its only African continent and not the entire world. So even with the introduction of card readers we can't still conduct 90% free and fair elections in this 21st century?

krendo:
Some don't get it

There is nothing clever about what APC has done

They have simply made nonsense of what's left of our democracy and raped it!

Security agencies were simply asked to prevent anyone not belonging to INEC and APC from they collation and some are celebrating it?

Sorry this democracy will not last very long I am very sure about this!

Nigerians should brace up for a slide towards full blown dictatorship by Buhari, on the other hand the only way Buhari goes is through a Military coup!

The days when election meant anything in Nigeria are over!

MadeInTokyo:
International observers, who monitored Wednesday Edo State governorship election have expressed reservations about the conduct of the election, pointing out that they were not denied entry into the centre vote collation centre and that security operatives at the polling units looked the other way while politicians and their agents induced voters with money.

Prof Ahmed Ansari, head of the African Union Observer Team, asked the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to improve on the functionality of the card readers as he noted that the machine did not work in some polling units.

He said along with other international observer groups such as the American Observer team, the British Council and others from the Netherlands and Scotland, the full reports of their impression of the election would be submitted to the INEC and other important election stakeholders.

He said, “The turnout was quite impressive, but there were problems here and there. Another challenge was understaffing. We saw situation whereby only one staff was in a polling unit. That was not good enough.

There were reports of inducement. Every party complained about inducement which to me mean that all of them were guilty. The electorate are not supposed to sell their consciences. To the politicians, it shouldn’t be about money.



He further stated that “as the head of an international observer team, we were not allowed to go to the collation centres at a particular time. That is something we need to complain about. I asked who gave the instruction; who gave the order? It couldn’t be INEC.

“It could be, as they call it, order from above? But the security men told me that ‘sir, this is the order given to us.’ In every situation, one person is allowed to be there. Even when we delegated Victor (his assistant) to go in, he was not allowed to go into the hall.

He said, “He (Victor) was allowed to come within the compound, but was not inside the nucleus, where the whole the exercise took place, adding that “we should be there; we should get the result sheet. We should have a copy but we don’t have copies for now.”

On the rescheduling of collation of results, Prof Ansari said, “it could be for security reasons based on advice, but I didn’t know why they had to stop and leave it for a particular time. Of course, there was no call for it.”



When asked what security operatives could have done upon noticing that money was exchanging hands at the polling units, he said “that depends on the order they gave them.”

Also speaking, Christian Victor from the African Union for Economic, Social and Cultural Council, said many of the things observed in the field on Wednesday were not the kind of things that should happen in an election.

He said, “One of them is that everywhere we visited was filled with money flying around. Some people were fighting some voters for not voting the political parties they were paid for. It was very disappointing that this kind of thing still happens in the Nigeria’s political system.

“I watched the security agencies and it was clear they understood that monies were flying but for reasons best known to them they did not stop it. There were cases of young men, who looked like thugs, driving around during the election.

“They were never stopped by security agencies. That is wrong where there is a restriction of movement. I also saw wealthy people moving around in SUVs during the election.

I have been part of many elections and I have never seen a situation whereby observers and journalists are not allowed into collation centres.”

A local observer, Sadoh Danladi Sunday, stated that it was shocking that the results announced by the INEC did not tally with those his group got from the field.

http://tribuneonlineng.com/foreign-observers-fault-conduct-edo-election/

franciskaine:
were PDP agents not also allowed entrance?

Jidibia:

Like seriously, I feel like slapping you. Just listen to the rubbish you typed there. These can't happen in USA and the UK.

seunmsg:
The observations are general about the overall conduct of the election and did not in any anyway question the eventual outcome or the legitimacy of the winner.

They also observed correctly that all the party complained about inducement which mean that all of them were guilty. Going forward, I hope INEC can take a look at the observations and correct the loopholes in subsequent elections.

9japride:
Me I know they rigged d election there, but Edo people are not complaining. They are too submissive for my liking. Na them sabi, nothing concern us. Let sleeping dogs lie

Jidibia:

. But sharing money openly while our security agents watched speaks volumes.

NextGovernor:
Edo election was manipulated and rigged.

1. Sharing money openly and even issuing ticket without the fear of security operatives around and using security personnels to destroy and steal ballot box.

2. 1st time result collation was prosponed to give way to perfect rigging.

3. Elections observers and Journalists driven from collation center.

I think the best way to handle APC is the river and bayelsa do or die type of politics. Oshiomole and INEC used the quietness of we Edo people against us....

How can you go home happily that you have won election only to hear a different figure announced by INEC. It's a shame on the part of Buhari, INEC and Oshiomole who was the pioneer of one man one vote.

Jesusloveyou:
gej legacy in river state where 286,000 were accredidated but 1.5m voted for wike, and no such thing happen in edo state, but d inducement is wrong and that shouldnt be called rigging

martineinstein:
abeg,take am easy o..make dem no ban u for 1 year

Jidibia:

you can't say this in a sane society and go scotch free.

Standing5:
#EkitgGate?

LorDBolton:



Your problem is you're so arrogant that it will take a lot to accurately measure your ignorance.

USA? UK? You think they don't sell their vote?

Next thing u will tell us AMERICAN police don't carry out extrajudicial killings or collect "egunje" from criminals.


Actually it's you who should be slapped for believing observations from foreigners can be used as grounds for cancellation of polls.

You and other amnesia plagued pdp supporters conveniently forget that various international observers called for the outright cancellation of 2015 rivers election... what happened?

Deepfreezer:
The people of Edo state have sold their future. How much will a politician give you to vote him Will that be enough to pay a semester school fees?

franciskaine:
this is not the first time money is flying round, even under Jonathan it went tru space jet. The truth is Nigerians are yet to learn the lessons of desperate politicians. Nothing good comes from them. But going forward, Buhari needs to up his game as regards free and fair elections. This is not the Nigeria we voted for.

omofunaab:



There are meant to be hitches in an election.. It's a general thing... Maybe you don't understand the meaning of 100% perfect

omofunaab:



There are meant to be hitches in an election.. It's a general thing... Maybe you don't understand the meaning of 100% perfect

Ajeyo:
What did the observers know?mtcch,Edo is in Apc firm grip just like the pdp rules in Bayelsa and Rivers,make everybody hol dia side,even if pdp go world coirt for Hague ehn,dem don loose!Wait for ya turn.