APC e-registration plot to control 2027 polls – Ogun LP

The Ogun State chapter of the Labour Party has accused the All Progressives Congress of utilizing its ongoing digital membership registration to allegedly manipulate figures forward of the 2027 common elections.

In a press release issued on Wednesday, the state chairman of the Labour Party, Chief Oluwabukola Soyoye, claimed that the APC’s e-registration train was designed to digitally inflate its membership power and challenge a false picture of recognition within the state.

Soyoye alleged that the ruling social gathering had resorted to digital registration as a result of it might now not mobilise folks overtly, insisting that the administration of Governor Dapo Abiodun had suffered widespread rejection as a result of what he described as underperformance.

In accordance with him, the APC’s e-registration, offered as a routine membership drive, was in actuality “a political referendum that exposes the deep rejection of Governor Dapo Abiodun and his black-market type of governance by the folks of Ogun State.

“The folks of Ogun are actually wiser. They’ve intentionally refused to take part in any open, bodily APC registration as a result of they know the ruling social gathering has failed them,” Soyoye mentioned.

“That’s the reason the APC has resorted to this so-called digital registration — a system that enables figures to be fabricated behind closed doorways with out the presence of actual members.”

The LP additional alleged that the digital platform may very well be used to control membership information, inflate figures and create a deceptive narrative of political dominance forward of 2027.

“What we’re witnessing just isn’t a real political train however a fraudulent digital operation designed to fabricate legitimacy for a authorities that has misplaced the boldness of the folks,” Soyoye added.

He mentioned the APC was “operating away from the folks” and will now not face the voters overtly, alleging that the e-registration was an try to cover behind know-how to keep away from public rejection.

The Labour Party known as on safety businesses, civil society organisations and the Impartial Nationwide Electoral Fee to carefully monitor political actions in Ogun State, warning towards what it described as a rising tradition of digital electoral manipulation.

The social gathering reaffirmed its dedication to providing what it described as a reputable, clear and people-centred different to the APC-led authorities within the state.

Reacting, the Director of Publicity of the APC in Ogun State, Mr Femi Nuberu, mentioned the social gathering would reply “on the applicable time.”

The APC had on Tuesday commenced digital registration and re-registration of its members as a part of a mobilisation drive geared toward increasing its membership base and strengthening inside cohesion forward of future political engagements.

Talking on the flag-off of the train, Abiodun, represented by his deputy, Noimot Salako-Oyedele, described the initiative as a possibility for social gathering members and supporters to deepen their dedication to the APC.

He mentioned the digital course of would offer a reputable, clear and technology-driven membership database, get rid of manipulation, improve accuracy and align the social gathering with international greatest practices in political organisation.