Osun re-run election anti-democratic, not credible — CDD
Osun re-run election anti-democratic, not credible — CDD An election monitoring group, Centre for Democracy and Development (CDD), has faulted the ongoing rerun election in Osun State as anti-democratic. The CDD noted that the number of the incidents recorded during the poll have undermined the sanctity of the vote and the overall credibility of the electoral process. “we hold strongly the view that the re-run poll of Thursday, September 27, 2018, does not meet up with the minimum standards for free, fair and credible elections,” the CDD said in a statement. It falls short of global best practices in democratic elections which Nigeria aspires towards,” it added. Although, voting has closed at about 2:00 p.m across the seven polling units for the rerun, the official collation of results is yet to start in Osogbo as at the time of filing this report. The rerun election is being held at seven polling units, three polling units in Orolu, two polling units in Ife South, o