Founder of The Albino Foundation (TAF) Africa Jake Epelle, has described the recent election in Edo state as one of the worst governorship elections in the nation’s history.
“It’s unfortunate that I will personally describe this election as one of the worst taking into cognisance the level of preparation and assurance.
“I thought that INEC in general would take this election and perform credibly well so that they could begin to redeem the confidence and trust deficit they suffered in the previous election.”
APC’s Monday Okepboholo was declared the winner on Sunday by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) with 291,667 votes after defeating PDP’s Asue Ighodalo who polled 247,274 votes and Labour Party’s Olumide Akpata who earned 22,763 votes.
During an interview on Monday on Channels Television’s Sunrise Daily, Epelle called for immediate reforms to the electoral process to prevent future logistical setbacks
“I don’t know why we keep having these logistical problems over the years. INEC should look the other way especially when it comes to the road transport union they have been seen and known to be ineffective and not showing when to show up even when money has been given to them,” he said.
