The
Ondo State gubernatorial election may not be ending in the court of law
as anticipated with major contenders accepting the results in good
faith.
Olusola Oke
The gubernatorial candidate of the
Alliance for Democracy (AD) in Ondo State, Chief Olusola Oke Monday
congratulated Mr Rotimi Akeredolu (SAN) of the All Progressives Congress
(APC) who won last Saturday’s election according to The Nation.
However,he decried the ‘heavy monetization’ of the election process which produced him.
Oke who addressed reporters in his Ijapo Estate, Akure residence
commended both the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) and
the security agents deployed to the State for being fair in the handling
of their duties but regretted that the open and free use of money to
purchase votes during the election by the ruling parties remains a sad
commentary on the nation’s electoral process.
This development, according to him, required the urgent
intervention by government if the much publicized anti-corruption agenda
of the Federal Government must have meaning to Nigerians.
He, therefore, assured that as members of the opposition, the AD
shall continue to contribute to the process of governance and would not
hesitate to point, in a civilized manner, the attention of the incoming
government to any area where the masses seem not to have been considered
in the policy framework of governance.
“We shall voice our opinion whenever we believe any member of
the incoming government strayed from the progressive calling required of
the administration,” he posited.
Oke congratulated the governor-elect, Rotimi Akeredolu, SAN and wish him success and praying to God to guide him “as he directs the affairs of our dear state.”
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