Edo election: INEC REC says there is no plot to rig election for PDP- INEC says it is not planning to rig the coming Edo election - The denial was issued by INEC REC Mike Igini in Akwa Ibom - Igini was reacting to an allegation by APC chairman John Mayaki that he received bribe to rig the election PAY ATTENTION: Click “See First” under the “Following” tab to see Legit.ng News on your Facebook News Feed! Following an allegation that the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) is planning to rig the forthcoming governorship election in Edo state in favour of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Mike Igini, the Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC) of the electoral umpire has denied the claim. The allegation was levelled by the chairman of All Progressives Congress (APC) Media Campaign Council, John Mayaki, and Col. David Imuse. Specifically, they alleged that Igini received a bribe from the PDP to swing the polls in its favour. Mayaki had asked Igini to explain his presence at Protea Hotel in Benin City where national commissioners of the electoral body from Abuja were lodged. Read also N10 billion fraud allegation: IGP orders probe of Udom’s appointee According to Mayaki, some said youth corps members claimed Igini approached them to swap results with fake, pre-written ballots allegedly in production at the Edo state government house, This Day reports. Igini said: “For the second time within a week, my name has been needlessly and maliciously dragged into a political group’s statement on the Edo election. The statement falsely and erroneously claimed that I was in Benin on Thursday 27th August 2020." According to him, he was in Lagos on the said date, wondering how he would be in two locations at the same time. Meanwhile, Legit.ng had reported that the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Youth Assurance Movement said that APC is fine-tuning strategies to rig the poll, while Governor Godwin Obaseki, the PDP candidate is coasting to victory on the back of huge grassroots' support. National coordinator of the group, Prince Asunogie Tajudeen, made the comments during a press briefing in Benin city, the Edo state capital on Friday, August 28. Read also Kogi guber: Huge number of APC aspirants is due to my efforts, says Gov Bello Tajudeen urged INEC, the Nigeria Police Force and other security agencies to remain above board, stressing that “millions of Nigerians, home and abroad, are closely monitoring the events leading to the poll.” Legit.ng had also reported that the governorship candidate of APC in the state, Osagie Ize-Iyamu is not leaving any stone unturned in his bid to win the forthcoming poll. Ahead of the election, Ize-Iyamu who is also a pastor sought the spiritual blessing of the general overseer of OMEGA Fire Ministries Worldwide, Apostle Johnson Suleman. A collection of photos published by a news outlet showed the APC candidate and other APC chieftains kneeling before the cleric as he prayed for them. Like Obaseki, Like Ambode: 3 Governors who fell out with their political godfather | Legit TV Source: Legit.ng - INEC says it is not planning to rig the coming Edo election - The denial was issued by INEC REC Mike Igini in Akwa Ibom - Igini was reacting to an allegation by APC chairman John Mayaki that he received bribe to rig the election PAY ATTENTION: Click “See First” under the “Following” tab to see Legit.ng News on your Facebook News Feed! Legit.ng Legit.ng