The Osun State chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has cautioned members and supporters of the Accord Party against circulating what it described as false and AI-generated results of the governorship election.
In a statement issued on Saturday and signed by Kola Olabisi, Osun APC Director of Media and Information, the party accused Accord Party members and supporters of allegedly assuming the role of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) by declaring what it described as fake results from various wards across the state.
Olabisi said INEC was the only body constitutionally empowered to conduct and declare the election results, adding that results released from other sources could be regarded as illegal.
He said, “is a statement of fact that INEC is the only corporate body constitutionally empowered to conduct and duly declare the results of the election which translates to the fact that election results from other sources from the national election umpire could be described as an illegality.
“The members of the public should therefore keep watch of the misinformation about the governorship results as such is capable of plunging the state into avoidable crisis.
“It is equally important for the police to urgently delve into the matter in order to make some of those publishing the falsehoods through the social media scapegoats.
“A keen watcher of the development would agree with the observation and conclusion that the publication of the false election results by the Accord Party members and supporters was a prearranged and co-ordinated exercise by the handlers of the Accord Party in the state to cause confusion.
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“For God sake, why is it impossible for the Accord Party handlers to play politics by the rules as the INEC has been warning copiously that it wasn’t the business of anyone other than the national electoral umpire to release and declare the election results.,” Olabisi stated.
The party said Governor Ademola Adeleke should be held responsible if there was a post-election crisis, which it alleged “has been stylishly promoted by the governor and his co-travellers, as findings showed that some of the disgruntled politicians of the Accord Party extraction have illegally enlisted the services of Artificial Intelligence (AI) to cause political crisis in the state with special reference to the churning out of fake election results.”
The APC urged its members and supporters to remain peaceful, continue with their businesses and avoid being distracted by what it described as activities capable of plunging the state into political crisis.
