The All Progressive Congress (APC) in Kogi State on Saturday swept all the 21 local government councils polls held on Saturday.
The election was contested by other political parties in the state as voters turned out to vote for their respective candidates.
Although there was low turnout in some places, but it was peaceful through out the state as crisis was not witnessed during the election.
The elected chairmen are expected to be swear in on Monday at government house Lokoja.
However, the People’s Democratic Party (PDP), Kogi state chapter has faulted the council polls across the 21 Local Government Election of the State describing it as a big mockery to the nations nascent democracy.
The State Publicity Secretary of the Party, Mr Bode Ogunmola in a statement on Saturday, described the entire process as a scam.
He said the State Government should have opened up to the entire Kogite that they were not ready to conduct any council election rather than wasting the precious time of electorates who are willing to express their anger through the ballot on the maladministration of the present All Progressive Congress, (APC), in the last five years.
Ogunmola noted that the feelers he is getting across the state polling booths showed that there was no election conducted anywhere in the State.
The Party spokesperson alleged that some thugs loyal to the ruling party, invaded the headquarter of the Kogi State Independent Electoral Commission, (KOSIEC), on Friday night, to snatch ballot boxes into an unknown destination.
He said the ruling party would have tasted a sweeping defeat, if they where willing to conduct a credible, free and fair election, as their five years in power has been greeted with poverty, unemployment, hunger and shrinking economy.
His words”there is no election any where in Kogi State. I am at 002 Open space voting unit in Ogori, This is 9.30am and there is no sign of any voting any where. Reports reaching me from across the state is the same. This is a big disgrace to our state again under the APC led government”.
Also, the state chairman of Social Democratic Party (SDP) Alhaji Muktar Atimah has condemned the outcome of the election.
Speaking with newsmen on Sunday, he pointed out that having received assurances from the SIEC Chairman of conducting a credible polls, he lamented that the council election lacked the minimum standard, was an abberetion to known democracy.
The SDP called on the President to ensure that a wholistic reforms on the conduct of election is carried out before he lives Office, else it would be safe to say democracy in the country has been murdered.
The State SDP Chairman called on the members of the party to observe a month of mourning as a way of registering there displesure to the conduct of the concluded Kogi State Council election.
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