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Ayodele Fayose, governor of Ekiti state, says the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Edo won the governorship election because it used the security agencies to force a postponement to perfect plans for rigging the electoral process.

Fayose, speaking through Lere Olayinka, his media aide on Monday, said the APC conspired with the Independent Electoral National Commission (INEC) to impose Godwin Obaseki on the people of Edo state.

He said it was obvious to all lovers of democracy in the country and the international community that the APC led federal government would never allow a free and fair election in the country as the PDP and other opposition parties now contest elections against INEC.

“The stage for the manipulation of the election was set by the use of security agencies to postpone the election, even when there was no single security threat and what was witnessed in Edo State last Wednesday was the execution of the rigging plans perfected after the postponement,” Fayose said.

“The power of the people to choose their governor was completely robbed at gunpoint in Edo State. Unfortunately too, these elements have even murdered the rights of Nigerians to protest against the subversion of their will and it is now obvious that only the insistence of Nigerians can save democracy in the country.

“Like I have said before, we are already seeing signs of what to come in 2019 and Nigerians should know by now that it will only take their insistence for their votes to count as long as these APC elements remain in power.”

Osagie Ize-Iyamu, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) candidate, lost out to Obaseki at the September 28 governorship election held in the state.