The Lagos State Chapter of the Labour Party, LP, has vowed to challenge the result of the recently conducted council polls in the state.
The Chairperson of the party in the state, Pastor Dayo Ekong, made this known during a news conference held at the party’s secretariat on Friday in Lagos.
Ekong said the party would not remain silent in the face of alleged electoral malpractices and irregularities witnessed during the exercise.
The Lawyer Daily reports that LASIEC conducted elections on July 12 into 57 chairmanship and 376 councillorship positions in the state.
Recall that the APC swept all 57 chairmanship seats and won 375 of the 376 councillorship seats contested.
“The Lagos council elections were not democratic. They were a descent into darkness, designed to subvert the people’s will.
“It was not a contest of ideas, but a blatant attack on the electoral process and democratic norms.
“These irregularities were not glitches; they were deliberate tools used to suppress the electorate and distort the outcome,” Ekong said.
She vowed that the LP would use all legal and peaceful means to challenge what she described as a sham election.
Ekong added the legal team was compiling evidence to support their case and urged the judiciary to meet the demands of justice.
She listed alleged malpractices to include voter inducement, thuggery, fake accreditation, ballot stuffing, disenfranchisement, and missing logos at polling units.
Also mentioned were the absence of election officials and materials at several polling centres across the state.
Ekong said she personally witnessed these issues in Eti-Osa, Amuwo-Odofin and Ajeromi council areas, alongside reports from other local councils.
According to her, the entire process and outcome shows that the system requires a total overhaul for fairness and credibility.
She advocated the scrapping of State Independent Electoral Commissions, SIECs, saying their functions should go to the national electoral body, INEC.
Ekong urged the National Assembly to protect grassroots democracy, saying SIECs were undermining local governance and democratic integrity.
