The Conference of Registered Political Parties (CRPP), Edo State Chapter, yesterday said the All Progressives Congress (APC) is celebrating a manufactured figures rather than a genuine expression of the will of the people.
The CRPP, while reacting to the outcome of the July 11 local government elections, where the ruling party won in the 192 wards and 18 local government area councils of the State said the
CRPP was , “surprised that the APC was celebrating claims of over two million votes in an election that was characterised by widespread voter apathy and extremely low turnout across the 18 local government areas of the State.”
According to statement by Dr Samson Isibor ,
National Chairman and Hon Nkama Waribe, National Secretary,
“the election failed to generate public enthusiasm despite the APC being virtually the only political party that fielded candidates for the exercise.
“The poor turnout
clearly reflected the growing disenchantment of Edo people with the APC administration at both the state and federal levels, due to worsening insecurity, hunger, unemployment, poverty and the rising cost of living“No amount of inflated or manufactured figures can conceal the obvious rejection of the APC by the people of Edo State, the reality witnessed at polling units across the state was at variance with the impressive figures being publicized by the ruling party. The group said.
“The figures being celebrated are clearly designed to hoodwink President Bola Ahmed Tinubu into believing that the APC still enjoys overwhelming grassroots support in Edo State.
“However, the reality on the ground tells a different story, as the empty polling units and low voter participation exposed the true mood of the people.
The coalition warned the ruling APC should not mistake questionable and unrealistic election statistics for genuine popularity, stressing that the hardship confronting Nigerians had fundamentally altered the political mood of the electorate.
