Some electorates waiting to vote in the 2018 Ekiti governorship election (photo credit: INEC)
The Centre for Democracy and Development (CDD) has stated that there was no evidence of rigging in the results of the Ekiti State governorship election.
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) on Sunday declared the All Progressives Congress (APC) candidate, Kayode Fayemi, as the winner of the election.
The Director of CDD, Idayat Hassan, told that the outcome of the election reflects the will of the people.
Hassan said: “At least so far, we saw that INEC deployed its logistics early and people turned out to vote inspite of the fear in several voters.
“There is no evidence to show that there was any rigging. Yes all the places there were ballot boxes snatching, INEC actually cancelled the results.
“So for now, we cannot point to any evidence of rigging. What is just going on is more of misinformation by some politicians.”
Hassan advised the people of the state to eschew violence.