The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has called for the immediate arrest and prosecution of an Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) polling officer for allegedly allocating non-existent votes to the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the ongoing Edo State governorship election.
This was disclosed in a statement by the National Publicity Secretary, Debo Ologunagba, Saturday evening.
The statement alleged that the INEC presiding officer at the said polling unit allocated unearned votes to the rival All Progressives Congress (APC), which it claimed resulted in the overall tally of votes surpassing the number of accredited votes.
“The election result sheet for Osholo Primary School Polling Unit, Weppa in Etsako East Local Government Area shows that whereas 213 voters were accredited, Obozuwa Josephine, criminally and fraudulently allocated 352 votes to the APC, 52 to the PDP and one to the LP, giving a total of 406 as votes cast.”
Mr Ologunagba said the…