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Council Election: EDSIEC Should Explain Source Of Result – Martins

A public affairs analyst, Olu Martins has asked the Edo State Independent Electoral Commission, EDSIEC, to explain where the result of the Esan North-east Local … Continue reading Council Election: EDSIEC Should Explain Source Of Result – Martins


Olu Marins, Civil Society PractitionerA public affairs analyst, Olu Martins has asked the Edo State Independent Electoral Commission, EDSIEC, to explain where the result of the Esan North-east Local Council Bye-election came from.

Mr. Martins,on Wednesday, said  that the chairman of EDSIEC, Mr. Solomon Ogoh, announced the total figures of the election without the breakdown as gathered from the wards, an omission he insisted showed signs of irregularities.

“Mr. Ogoh announced total figure and did not announce the build-up as reflected in the wards,” he stated.

Speaking on Channels Television’s breakfast programme, ‘Sunrise Daily’, Mr. Martins described the election as ‘government magic.’

“Most of the agents and I were in Uromi expecting that we were going to get the result only to hear that the result was being announced in Benin.”

The  EDSIEC boss, Mr. Ogoh, had said that the breakdown of the result would be announced later.

Also commenting on the heckling of the Edo State Governor, Adams Oshiomhole, at the enlightenment session of the Presidential Advisory Committee on National Conference held at Emagwero College in Benin City, Mr Martins said that it was as a result of the extreme temperament of the people at that moment.

He stressed that the governor had the right to air his view concerning the proposed National Conference.

The Civil Society Practitioner emphasised that the heckling of the governor also showed that Nigerians are becoming intolerant of the kind of leadership that exists in the country.

“This is why they have said that they will own the National conference and participate in it. Many people came from different places and the governor’s comment did not go down well with them, having spent time and money. The Nigerian people are demonstrating that this time around, they want to kick-start a process, they want to own a process and they want to be part of the process,” he explained.

He described the heckling as a mock revolution, showing Nigerian’s enthusiasm to participate in the process.