The Accord Party Flagbearer for Shaginsha Magodo’Ward B’ Area of Ikosi Isheri Local Council Development Area, Boluwatife Toyas has raised alarm over alleged fake polling units ahead of Saturday, July 24 Local Government election.
According to Kosofe Post findings, The existing poling Units is 15. The 3 attached floating Polling Booths without addresses were allegedly used for penetrating electoral fraud over the years in the affected ward.
Toyas who was former prominent member of APC until she recently decamped to Accord claimed the ruling party, All progressives Congress in conjunction with Lagos State Independent Electoral Commission ( LASIEC)
was responsible for the creation of the illegal polling units to inflate the election result.
According to her, the goal was to ensure that fake votes from such centres were added to the mainstream votes to give an edge to the APC.
The Accord Candidate, Boluwatife, made the allegation while speaking to Kosofe Post on Thursday, two day ahead of the election.
She however said the units were known only to the APC and largely concealed from the opposition parties.
She said her Campaign team had discovered several of such illegal, rigging-focused voting units according to intelligent information before them.
According to her, the goal was to ensure that fake votes from such centres were added to the mainstream votes to give an edge to the APC.
She said it was gathered that the technical rigging through fake centres originated from INEC national headquarters with the state office compelled to play along. which LASIEC equally adopted.
Consequently, She demanded that the electoral commission should discontinued with the planned operations of the fake centres. We seek with all sense of urgency the intervention of critical stakeholders before it is too late. We warn that we will insist that only polling units contained in the list submitted by LASIEC should be used.
She added that the party’s agents and returning officers had been directed to remain extra-vigilant and insist only on the recognition of official list of polling centres.
“Our party and candidate will not accept rigged votes from illegal units,” She warned.