Babajide Sanwo-Olu, governor-elect of Lagos state, has been accused of using fake voters card during the March 9 gubernatorial election in the state.
Owolabi Salis, gubernatorial candidates of the Alliance for Democracy (AD), accused Sanwo-Olu of manipulating the system for his emergence as the next governor of the state.
Ifagbemi Awamaridi of the Labour Party also filed a petition marked EPT/LAG/GOV/2/2019 before the state election petition tribunal sitting in Ikeja.
Both of them requested that the tribunal investigate the allegation and stop Sanwo-Olu’s swearing in as governor of the state on May 29 pending the determination of the petition.
In a statement, the candidates urged relevant security agencies to investigate Sanwo-Olu’s voters card as candidates have to be registered to contest elections.
They also claimed that the governor-elect is in a poor state of mind, alleging that he nominated APC, a party, as his deputy governor in his INEC form, as against Babafemi Hazmat, an individual.
“Surprisingly Babajide Sanwo-Olu nominated APC, an organisation, as his deputy governor in his INEC form rather than nominating Babafemi Hazmat, an individual,” they said.
“Sanwo-Olu voter’s card number is BBBBBBBBBB295797059 said to be registered in Lagos. This voter’s card is showing invalid command on Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) voters status verification system which any Nigerian can cross check it.
“We are suspecting illegal invasion of INEC registration system. Sanwo-Olu may not have registered to vote but this was smuggled into the INEC system.
“For IT experts, you can smuggle in data but specific identification numbers are always very impossible; while the name is being smuggled in, the VIN identification number could not. That is our possible finding requiring the attorney general and other security agencies attention now. We will be urging the tribunal to pay attention to this.”
The AD had earlier filed a petition to stop Sanwo-Olu. (The Cable)
