A NUMBER of governors seeking re-election and their major challengers , yesterday, traded allegations and counter allegations of diversion of electoral materials, intimidation and other rigging schemes allegedly aimed at improving their chances in today’s polls.
The intrigues came on the wings of allegations by the Congress for Progressive Change, CPC, that 12 northern Governors were using the curfew which came into effect last night as a cover to foist a state of emergency in their states.
The Action Congress of Nigeria, ACN, on its part also raised alarm over the absence of serialised ballot papers for the dicey gubernatorial contest in Akwa Ibom State.
Many of the allegations of rigging were being raised against incumbent governors of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP.
However, a serving minister and special adviser to the President from Borno State were, yesterday, accused by the Borno State chairman of the All Nigeria Peoples Party, ANPP, Alhaji Mala Othman, of hoarding hundreds of thousands of ballot papers and results sheets for today’s governorship and state houses of assembly elections, in order to perpetrate massive riggings.
However, a serving minister and special adviser to the President from Borno State were, yesterday, accused by the Borno State chairman of the All Nigeria Peoples Party, ANPP, Alhaji Mala Othman, of hoarding hundreds of thousands of ballot papers and results sheets for today’s governorship and state houses of assembly elections, in order to perpetrate massive riggings.
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