How ex-president’s men rigged S’West polls

Posted by admin Elections 2011, Latest Politics, NNP Elections 2011 Updates, South-West Tuesday, May 10th, 2011

Fresh documents obtained by Daily Sun have exposed the massive electoral fraud perpetrated by the Peoples Democratic Party in the previous elections, especially in 2003. A comparative analysis of the results of the presidential election in 2003 and 2011, with particular reference to Ogun state, show a rather wide margin between registered voters and actual votes.

The document shows that while the PDP scored 60,444 votes in the presidential elections in Ikenne local Government in 2003, the total registered voters in the same local council in 2011 is 42,192. The population, rather than increase, was depleted by over 18,000, a situation clearly depicting that the 2003 figures were simply allocated to the ruling party and thus had no relationship with the existing register.

Daily Sun was told that former President Olusegun Obasanjo remained the biggest beneficiary of the electoral fraud of the time. Our source said real result sheets were torn and new figures allocated. In Ijebu East local council, the PDP scored 67,370 votes in 2003 while the registered voters in the same council in 2011 was 49,219. The figures again show depletion rather than a natural rise after eight years.
The Ogun case is also an example of the acclaimed credibility of the 2011 elections. In Remo North local council the PDP scored 65,736 in the 2003 Presidential poll while the registered voters eight years after stood at 36,754.
Daily Sun learnt that the practice in the past, as shown in the foregoing figures was to begin the rigging process at the registration point via multiple registration in order to make room for inflation of result figures.

While reacting to the wide disparity, the former Governor of the state, Aremo Segun Osoba, said the figures were a vindication for him and the set of governors in the South –west in 2003 who insist that they were rigged out of office.
“But I pity Obasanjo because in his life time all the electoral fraud he perpetrated are being exposed. He has not only been tamed in Ogun state, he has been caged in the entire country. The 2011 elections have put him where he belongs. It has put him in an Iron cage where he cannot escape. He should now go and live the rest of his life in peace and learn to keep his mouth shut,’ said Osoba whose party, Action Congress of Nigeria won the gubernatorial elections in Ogun state.

Osoba said the 2011 elections were largely credible in that the people’s wishes were respected and expressed optimism that the South West zone has returned to the mainstream progressive politics which has always been their political identity.
He hoped that in the years to come the elections would be more credible, especially given that the use of force and false figures as obtained in the previous years would no longer apply.

SUMMARY OF REGISTERED VOTERS (2011)

S/N LGA NO OF NO OF TOTAL
MALE FEMALE VOTERS
1. ABEOKUTA NORTH 60,235 63,930 124,165
2. ABEOKUTA SOUTH 89,619 102,324 191,943
3. ADO-ODO/OTA 126,933 130,320 257,253
4. EGBADO NORTH 48,872 51,648 100,520
5. EGBADO SOUTH 52,707 53,858 106,565
6. EWEKORO 33,965 26,649 60,614
7. IFO 93,428 108,902 202,330
8. IJEBU EAST 26,785 22,434 49,219
9. IJEBU NORTH 49,086 51,912 100,998
10. IJEBU NORTH EAST 17,214 17,929 35,143
11. IJEBU ODE 37,457 43,227 80,684
12. IKENNE 19,871 22,321 42,192
13. IMEKO/AFON 27,724 27,132 54,856
14. IPOKIA 47,488 50,919 98,407
15. OBAFEMI/OWODE 53,049 52,336 105,385
16. ODEDA 32,274 31,068 63,342
17. ODOGBOLU 36,178 34,943 71,121
18. OGUN WATERSIDE 19,834 17,961 37,795
19. REMO NORTH 19,611 17,143 36,754
20. SAGAMU 60,874 67,098 127,972
TOTAL 953,204 994,054 1,947,258

RESULT OF 2003 PRESIDENTIAL POLL

S/N LGA NO. OF REG PDP (OBJ) VOTES VOTERS
(TENTATIVE)
1. ABK SOUTH 136,939 136,700
2. ABK 175,355 174,766
3. ADO-ODO OTA 206,510 205,445
4. EGBADO
NORTH 100,594 99,588
5. EGBADO
SOUTH 81,297 80,484
6. EWEKOPO 53,037 52,506
7. IFO 127,118 126,846
8. IJEBU EAST 67,540 67,370
9. IJEBU NORTH 168,O41 167,360
10. IJEBU NORTH
EAST 41,992 41,572
11. IJEBU ODE 78,383 77,599
12. IKENNE 61,055 60,445
13. IMEKO/AFON 52,760 52,632
14. IPOKIA 98,645 98,000
15. OBAFEMI
OWODA 96,465 96,000
16. ODEDA 72,218 71,495
17. ODOGBOLU 68,877 67,499
18. OGUN WATERSIDE 67,501 67,001
19. REMO NORTH 66,501 65,736
20. SAGAMU 127,946 127,946
TOTAL 1,949,124 1,936,990
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