{"id":746452,"date":"2019-11-18T07:33:53","date_gmt":"2019-11-18T07:33:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ghana-mma.com\/2019\/11\/18\/inec-security-agencies-rigged-bayelsa-kogi-polls-says-fayose\/"},"modified":"2019-11-18T07:33:53","modified_gmt":"2019-11-18T07:33:53","slug":"inec-security-agencies-rigged-bayelsa-kogi-polls-says-fayose","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2019\/11\/18\/inec-security-agencies-rigged-bayelsa-kogi-polls-says-fayose\/","title":{"rendered":"INEC, Security Agencies Rigged Bayelsa Kogi Polls, Says Fayose"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<figure id=\"attachment_621568\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-621568\" style=\"width: 588px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-621568\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/pdp-raises-alarm-over-plot-to-impeach-fayose.jpg\" alt=\"Fayose\" width=\"588\" height=\"299\"  \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-621568\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Ayo Fayose<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>A former governor of Ekiti state, Ayodele Fayose has reacted to the Kogi and Bayelsa elections \u201cbrazenly rigged in connivance with INEC and security agencies.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In a tweet on Sunday evening, the former governor who had warned a day to the elections that Governor Yahaya Bello be held responsible for any attack on any citizen in his state, described both elections as a \u201csad and dark moment for our country and democracy. \u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>Read Also:\u00a0Photos Of Fayemi At Fayose\u2019s Son\u2019s Wedding In Lagos<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>He, however, urged those in authority not to mistake the graveyard silence of Nigerians for consent of these shenanigans.<\/p>\n<p>He said, \u201cToday is another sad &amp; dark moment for our country &amp; democracy going by the outcome of Kogi &amp; Bayelsa election brazenly rigged in connivance with INEC &amp; security agencies. The graveyard silence of Nigerians should however not be mistaken for consent of these shenanigans. I warned!\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Today is another sad &amp; dark  moment for our country &amp; democracy going by the outcome of Kogi &amp; Bayelsa election brazenly rigged in connivance with INEC &amp; security agencies.The graveyard silence of Nigerians should however not be mistaken for consent of these shenanigans.I warned!<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Peter Ayodele Fayose (@GovAyoFayose) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/GovAyoFayose\/status\/1196098370542145536?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" data-wpel-link=\"external\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow external noopener noreferrer\">November 17, 2019<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>              &#13;\n                    <\/p><\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"http:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ayo Fayose A former governor of Ekiti state, Ayodele Fayose has reacted to the Kogi and Bayelsa elections \u201cbrazenly rigged in connivance with INEC and security agencies.\u201d In a tweet on Sunday evening, the former governor who had warned a day to the elections that Governor Yahaya Bello be held responsible for any attack on [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":746453,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[46],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-746452","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nigeria"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.8 - 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