The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has rejected the outcome of Saturday's governorship election in Ondo State.
In an official statement released by the spokesperson of the
Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Dayo Adeyeye, on Monday, the party said
that it has rejected the outcome of Saturday’s governorship election in
Ondo State, and described the outcome of the election as a “charade and
not the true reflection of the will of the people of Ondo State”.
The Chief Returning Officer of the Independent National Electoral
Commission, (INEC), Abdul-Ganiyu Ambali, had on Sunday, declared the All
Progressives Congress candidate, Rotimi Akeredolu, winner of the
election.
Akeredolu polled 244, 842, to defeat the PDP candidate, Eyitayo Jegede, who rallied 150, 380 votes to place second in the race.
According to Premium Times, Adeyeye in the statement, said the
electoral umpire, INEC, aided the APC to rig the election, adding that
INEC has now “graduated from inconclusive Elections as seen in Kogi,
Bayelsa, Osun, FCT, Imo, Nassarawa and some other previous By-Elections
in the Country to ‘Advanced Election Rigging’, as in the case of Edo
and Ondo States Gubernatorial Elections”.
“It is common knowledge that the APC Agents openly bought votes
of the electorates in the full glare of security operatives who did
nothing to prevent such dastardly violation of the Electoral Law.
“It is not surprising that the electorates in Ondo state became
so vulnerable to the corruptive influence of the APC because of the
hash economic situation in the Country inflicted on Nigerians by the APC
Administration which have indeed made all Nigerians virtually beggars
in their own Country.”
Adeyeye said PDP had persistently called for the postponement of
the Election before Saturday, for at least two weeks to enable the Party
Campaign and prepare properly for the Election.
He said the party’s request followed the setback orchestrated by
“Justice Okon Abang and the charlatans in PDP who allowed themselves to
be used by the APC to destroy our chances in the Ondo State Election.
“The actions of INEC in collaboration with the APC led
Administration left us no time to campaign and sell our Candidate and
Party Manifesto to the electorates in Ondo State.
“Our persistent call for the postponement of the Election which
was backed and supported by more than 20 other political parties were
all rejected by INEC which were acting the script of the APC.
“It was a carefully planned and well-orchestrated strategy to
rig the Election well in advance by preventing the PDP from planning and
campaigning for the Election. The APC has hereby introduced a new
formula of rigging Election in Nigeria.
“In view of the fact that the Election was blatantly
manipulated from the beginning to the end to favour the APC, we
vehemently reject the results of the November 26, 2016 Gubernatorial
Election in Ondo State,” he said.
He also said Saturday’s election and all actions leading to it fell
short of laid down principles guiding conduct of elections in Nigeria.
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