Thread by @eleka4gov

For those who have been looking forward to my comments on what I believe to be an inconclusive gubernatorial election that was held in Ekiti State on 14th July, 2018. Here it is
#EkitiDecides2018

1. You are all aware of the unfortunate and dangerous events of the past 24hrs, in which our governorship election was hijacked by political desperadoes leveraging on “Federal might” to pervert the electoral process, subvert the will of Ekiti people, & viciously steal the mandate

..willingly and freely given to me on a massive scale by our people. 
PDP and I won the election overwhelmingly, receiving more than 70% of lawful votes cast and winning in almost all of the State’s 16 LGAs.

...I therefore reject the falsified results being bandied by the @inecnigeria which purportedly gave the election to the @APCNigeria & its Candidate; @kfayemi This is the most audacious electoral robbery of our recent history. It shall not stand.

...By the grace of Almighty God and your support, I will pursue and regain my mandate. To rig this election, the APC leveraged on its well-advertised but patently obnoxious and anti-democratic “Federal might” to intimidate, harass, victimize, oppress, & brutalize @OfficialPDPNig

...leaders, members, & the voting public all over Ekiti. This brutal& barbaric process, which started well before the election, didn't spare @GovAyoFayose & I; as the whole 🌍 had seen & had condemned. It's quite unfortunate that d harassment has continued even after the election

...Despite the alarm we had earlier raised, the security agencies not only supported but also supervised 

•The indiscriminate arrest of our party leaders and agents
•The harassment and brutalization of voters on a massive scale, especially in Ado-Ekiti, Ikere and the suburbs

•Giving cover, tacit as well as active support 2 thugs imported into Ekiti to snatch ballot boxes, create confusion, cause mayhem, & drive away voters in PDP strongholds
•Giving cover to APC agents as they financially & openly induced voters & bought votes at PUs; and

•Driving away our polling agents from collation centres and illegal seizure of documents and materials in their possession, among many other infractions.

...INEC on its own part reneged on its promise to have results counted, declared, and pasted on the wall of each polling station. There was nowhere INEC transmitted results from the polling centres as earlier promised.

Ballot boxes were illegally moved to INEC offices while our agents were disallowed from ffn the process. INEC also allowed late voting by APC in hideouts when it was obvious the figures still would not add up after all the infractions mentioned above.

... Still, when all of these shenanigans still failed to give them the figures they needed, they stopped the announcement of results ward-by-ward, caused a deliberate power outage at the collation centre, with no alternative source of power provided for a long time,

... and then wrote results in favour of APC and its candidate. Without doubt, what has played out in Ekiti is the APC template for the 2019 G.Elections, where they have mapped out Rivers and Akwa Ibom as States they must capture at all costs, like they are now trying to do Ekiti.

... It is now left for the opposition and opposition figures, most especially presidential hopefuls in 2019, to stand up to be counted in the struggle to roll back President Muhammadu Buhari’s creeping fascism, or throw in the towel without a fight.

This is not just a sad day for Ekiti but also for democracy in Nigeria. Nothing demonstrates this better than d gloom that has enveloped our dear State since they announced their convoluted result. Ekiti mourns! But I ask our people not to be despondent but to keep hope alive,

... quoting the inimitable Chief MKO Abiola. This is another battle we will fight and win.
In doing this, however, I appeal to all Ekiti sons and daughters to eschew violence. They will try and provoke you but the good Lord will help you to keep calm.

... Taking a cue from our great leader and democrat par excellence, ex-President @GEJonathan, I wish to reiterate that my ambition is not worth the blood of a single Ekiti son or daughter.

We are not cultists and bloody hounds like them and shall therefore not allow them turn Ekiti into a killing field like they have done in the Middle Belt. 
It remains for me to thank Ekiti for standing by me and our great party.

•Giving cover, tacit as well as active support 2 thugs imported into Ekiti to snatch ballot boxes, create confusion, cause mayhem, & drive away voters in PDP strongholds

•Giving cover to APC agents as they financially & openly induced voters & bought votes at PUs; and

Our royal fathers and the Oloris, teachers, civil servants, Okada riders, Labour leaders, market women, artisans, and students – I appreciate your unflinching support. We thank every Nigerian desirous to see the growth and defence of our renascent democracy.

We thank the international community for their efforts and trust they will not let our people down in this their most trying moment. 

Those bent on setting this country on fire for selfish reasons must be restrained and turned back by the international community,

mindful of the recent experience of Rwanda, Kosovo, Liberia, Sierra-Leone, Cote D’Ivoire, to mention but a few. The struggle has just started! I thank you.

I remain Prof. Kolapo Olubunmi Olusola Eleka (Deputy Governor, @ekitistategov & @OfficialPDPNig governorship Candidate)