The candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party in the Ekiti State governorship election held today, Professor Kolapo Olusola, has alleged manipulation of results of the exercise.
He warned security agencies and the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, to allow the will of the people to prevail.
He alleged that the results in most of the local government areas of the state were already being tinkered with.
In a statement by his spokesperson, Mr. Lere Olayinka, Olusola alleged that the manipulation was with the backing of security agencies.
According to him, armed political thugs, supported by security personnel had taken over the collation centres in the different wards.
His words: “We contested against security agencies…
“Aside the fact that it was an election of the PDP versus all the security agencies in the country, we are confident of winning.
“Despite the intimidation and harassment by security agencies, we are still hopeful of winning the election but we are confronted with a clear plot to manipulate the results.
“We are therefore calling on all well meaning Nigerians to prevail on the security agencies and INEC to allow the will of Ekiti people to prevail.”
