The Peoples Democratic Party governorship candidate in Lagos State, Mr Jimi Agbaje, has attributed his defeat at the poll to the suppression of votes in areas where he was strong.
“The strategy of the other side was to make sure that those numbers did not come out to vote and to that extent it has worked in their favour.”
Agbaje said this during an exclusive interview with The Punch shortly after the result of the governorship election was announced. He also lamented the low voter turnout in Lagos which was less than 20 percent of the total number of persons that collected Permanent Voter Cards.
He said the threats, coupled with the manner in which the presidential election was conducted, led to the voter apathy witnessed in the nation’s commercial nerve centre.
Agbaje said many of his supporters were intimidated and even threatened with eviction and sack if the PDP won in their areas. He said rather than risk their lives and their livelihood, the people decided to sit at home which gave the APC the upper hand.
Agbaje said voter apathy would continue as long as people believed that their votes would not count.
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