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PRESS CONFERENCE BY THE HON. RESIDENT ELECTORAL
COMMISSIONER MR. OLUSEGUN AGBAJE MFR mni ON THE
ISSUE RELATING TO THE CONDUCT OF THE 22ND
SEPTEMBER GOVERNORSHIP ELECTION IN OSUN STATE
ESPECIALLY IN AYEDAADE LGA HELD ON TUESDAY 25TH
SEPTEMBER 2018
Gentlemen of the Press
The Commission wishes to put the record straight in respect of the
issues that have gone viral on the conduct of one of our staff, Mutiu
Salawu, in Ayedaade LGA on Sunday 23rd September 2018 at the
St. Patrick Grammar School Gbongan around 8am after the
submission of Results of the Election by the Ayedaade Local
Government Collation Officer at the State Collation Centre.
The Electoral Officer for Ayedaade LGA Mrs. Aderinoye Olukemi
Alice, on the information she received from the Local Government
Security Chief (LGSC), that there was an error on the Form EC 60
(E) INEC PUBLICATION OF RESULT OF POLL Poster, pasted at
the Local Government Collation Centre i.e St. Patrick Grammar
School Gbongan, and after crosschecking the results sheet for the
collation EC 8C to confirm the information, called her staff Mutiu
Salawu, to remove the pasted EC 60 (E) poster with error and
replace it with a correct one.
Mr. Mutiu Salawu being a dutiful staff went to carry out the lawful
instruction of his boss when he was accosted by a mob that rough
handled him before they took him to Adelani Rafiu Oyediran
Ajanaku’s house along the New Gbongan Osogbo Road. There he
was humiliated, harassed and subjected to take manipulated
photographs that were sent to various social digital platforms. He
was then brought to the INEC State Office where he was harassed
by some section of the media.
Let me at this juncture put the record straight and inform the good
people of Osun State and Nigerians, the correct position of the
event:
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Ø When the matter was raised by Mr. Dele Adeleke the PDP
Agent at the State Collation Centre, the Original Copies of the
Results Sheets EC 8A, EC 8B and EC 8C for Ayedaade LGA
were examined and found to be the correct reflection of the
conduct of the Governorship Election in Ayedaade Local
Government, as reported by the LGA Collation Officer, Prof.
Ayotunde Adeagbo from the Federal University of
Technology Akure (FUTA).
Ø The Correct Collated Result from Ayedaade LGA for the
Election is as follows:
Party VoteReceived Party Votes Received
A 007 LP 008
AA 008 MMM 002
ABP 019 MPN 006
ACD 055 NCP 016
ACPN 037 NEPP 004
AD 022 NNPP 007
ADC 145 NPC 016
ADP 1,654 PANDEL 007
AGA 027 PDP 9,836
AGAP 009 PPA 139
ANRP 034 PPC 045
APA 128 PPN 0
APC 10,861 PRP 020
APGA 023 PT 025
APP 037 RP 023
BNPP 001 SDP 2,967
C4C 004 SNP 066
DA 006 SPN 012
DPC 056 UPN 042
DPP 030 UPP 011
FJP 010 YDP 009
GDPN 007 YPP 005
GPN 004
HDP 011
KOWA 010
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Ø The LGA Collation Officer Prof. Adeagbo accepted the fact that
there was an error in the EC 60 (E) pasted at the LGA Collation
Centre especially the figure (10,836) recorded for PDP on the
poster which is different from the actual votes scored (9,836) by
the PDP.
Ø It should be noted that the INEC staff, Salawu, Mutiu Kolawole
did not destroy the Result Sheet for the said election for they
are intact in the custody of the Commission and copies of same
are with agents of the 48 Political Parties that contested the
Governorship Election.
Ø The Commission is displeased with the conduct of a section of
the press that repeatedly broadcast the event maliciously without
proper investigation to know the true position of things. This
attitude has misinformed the public and INEC has been
misrepresented in the narrative.
Ø Let me also clear the misconception about the number of
Registered Voters in the Polling Units where we are going to
have the supplementary election on Thursday, 27th September,
2018 between the hours of 8:00am and 2:00pm:
S/N LGA RA RA
CODE
PU WHERE
ELECTION
WAS NOT
HELD/
CANCELLED
NUMBER
OF REG.
VOTERS
REASON
1. Ife North Oyere II 10 002 Alapata
Village
353 Number of votes was more
than accredited voters
2. Ife South Olode 07 012 Adereti
Village
812 Disruption of election by
hoodlums who shot
sporadically and in the
process of scampering for
safety the Presiding
Officer misplaced the
form EC8A for the PU and
all efforts to get it proved
abortive
3. Ife South Osi 08 010 Alutu Erin
Primary
School, Albert
village
502 Manual accreditation
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4. Orolu Olufon
Orolu H
08 001 Kajola
village
393 Hijacking of materials by
thugs
5. Orolu Olufon
Orolu H
08 004 Idi Iya
village
387 Hijacking of materials by
thugs
6. Orolu Olufon
Orolu I
09 003 Gbogbo
Primary
School
167 Hijacking of materials by
thugs
7. Osogbo Ataoja E 05 017 Adewole
Street
884 Abscondment of the
Presiding Officer
TOTAL REG. VOTERS 3,498
Registered voters in
PUs where election did
not hold/cancelled
On this note I want to reassure all Stakeholders in the Osun
Governorship Election that the present INEC under the leadership
of Prof. Mahmood Yakubu will never jeopardize the goodwill and
credibility which the Commission has attained in the conduct of
elections in Nigeria. We will continue to ensure that every vote
counts and access will be given to all in the process.
Thank you for your rapt attention
INEC OSUN STATE
25TH SEPTEMBER, 2018
