2023 Polls: INEC Allocated Figures To Faces It Like – PDP Deputy Youth Leader, Osadolor Alleges

A chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Timothy Osadolor has alleged that the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) allocated figures to whom it likes at the just concluded general elections.

Naija News gathered that Osadolor, who is the Deputy National Youth Leader of the PDP, said the election has come and gone, even though it may not have ended the way the party expected.

He said, “The 2023 election was more or less like an allocation than an election where INEC would just sit down and be allocating figures arbitrarily to those whose faces it liked and those he felt should be given.”

The PDP chieftain told The Punch the first phase of the election is gone, but the PDP is hoping that the second phase which is the post-election phase would go in their favour as they are praying to get justice at the election tribunal.

He said “The election has come and gone, and it may not have ended the way we expected and the way it should have ended but first, we thank God for life. We thank God there was no major incident that would have led to the destruction of lives and property. We thank God for a peaceful election even when it was not credible.

“We thank God that we are alive to be able to pursue our stolen mandate that the Independent National Electoral Commission gave to whom it pleases. The 2023 election was more or less like an allocation than an election where INEC would just sit down and be allocating figures arbitrarily to those whose faces it liked and those he felt should be given.

“But we believe that voting is one phase of the election and post-election is another. We are exploring the court process. I think in the first phase, no matter how abysmal the rating might be, we are hoping that the second phase which is the post-election phase, we will get justice.” 

The PDP youth leader attributed the party’s loss in its core states to the Peter Obi factor in those areas.

He stated that “Let’s give it to Peter Obi and the movement that he led. They did major destructions among the PDP votes but that is not to say the participation of INEC was not a factor. The South-East has been agitating for the presidency and Peter Obi became a lifeline for them. I won’t fault those in the South-East that wanted to vote for Peter Obi.

“But we also saw cases of voters placed under massive duress to vote for Obi. We saw instances of voter intimidation in many places in the South-East. Elections have come and gone which is why parties can now go and prove their case in court.”