Kogi Governorship Election 2023: Shock as Photos of Pre-Filled Results Sheets Emerge

Kogi Governorship Election 2023: Shock as Photos of Pre-Filled Results Sheets Emerge

Legit.ng journalist Adekunle Dada has over 5-year-experience covering metro and government policy

Okehi, Kogi state -- Residents of Kogi state have stormed their various polling units to cast their votes for their preferred candidate in the ongoing off-cycle governorship election.

Amid the election, photos of pre-filled results sheets have surfaced online.

Pre-filled results sheet emerges in Kogi guber election
Kogi guber election: Photo of Pre-Filled Results Sheet emerges Photo Credits: Alhaji Ahmed Usman Ododo/Murtala Yakubu Ajaka/Dino Melaye
Source: Facebook

In a post shared on its X (formerly Twitter) page, an advocacy group, YIAGA Africa alleged that the sheet of polling unit 020 in Eika/Ohizenyi, Okehi Local Government Area of the state had already been filled

“Another case of pre-filled results sheet in PU 020, Eika/Ohizenyi, Okehi LGA of Kogi state.”

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Earlier, Legit.ng reported that Melaye told his party agents to resist and protest if the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) officials refused to show them plain result sheets.

Melaye said voting has not commenced in many polling units across Ogori Mangogo local government area because INEC staff refused to show result sheets to PDP agents.

Source: Legit.ng

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Adekunle Dada (Politics and Current Affairs Editor) Adekunle Dada is a trained journalist with over 7 years of working experience. He is also a Politics/Current Affairs Editor at Legit.ng. He holds a B.Sc. in Mass Communication From Lagos State University, Ojo. Adekunle previously worked at PM News, The Sun, and Within Nigeria where he expressed his journalistic skills with well-researched articles and features. In 2024, Adekunle obtained a certificate in advanced digital reporting from the Google News Initiative. He can be reached via adekunle.dada@corp.legit.ng.