Governor Godwin Obaseki of Edo State, has lamented saying he is being rigged out, following failure of card readers in his steingholds.
Speaking through Crusoe Osagie, his Special Adviser, the hovernor said “there is an ongoing deliberate election manipulation in areas where he has strongholds.
Obaseki is the candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and the incumbent Governor of Edo State.
According to him: “Suddenly, card readers are not working in areas where Governor Godwin Obaseki is very popular.
“Voters are being disenfranchised and we are constrained to say that this is sabotage,” Osagie said.
“Specifically, in Oredo Ward 1, Unit 20 and other places where the Governor is clearly popular, the card readers are not working.
“The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) should prove to Edo voters that it can conduct a credible election in Edo State.”
More so, the governor while speaking to journalists after casting his votes at Polling Unit 19, Ward 4, Oredo Local Government Area, said he stood for over one and half hour on the queue because the card reader was slow.
He said, “I expected that INEC would have prepared better for this election. I waited for one and half hour on the queue before exercising my franchise, it’s a bit disappointing.
“Giving that this is a sole day election, I expected better planning for this election. Card readers were very slow and that’s the situation everywhere.”
