The People's Democratic Party (PDP) has rejected the
declaration of All Progressives Congress' (APC) candidate as the winner of the
Ondo State governorship election by the Independent National Electoral
Commission (INEC).
"We call on the Judiciary to redeem Nigeria's image on
this matter as we request for the total cancellation of the election in Ondo
State," said Dayo Adeyeye, PDP's national publicity secretary in a
statement on Monday.
APC's Rotimi Akeredolu was pronounced the governor-elect
after the poll held Saturday "having fulfilled the requirement of the law
and got the highest votes," Professor Ambali Ganiyu, the returning officer
for the election said on Sunday.
Akeredolu polled a total of 224, 846 votes while PDP's
Eyitayo Jegede got 150, 380 votes to come second ahead of Alliance of
Democracy's Olusola Oke who got 126, 889 votes.
But the PDP said the
outcome of the election did not reflect
"the will of the people of Ondo State" alleging that the
electoral commission colluded with the ruling APC to rig the election in favour
of Akeredolu.
"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," Adeyeye said.
"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."
Adeyeye said his party have instructed its candidate and the Ondo State Chapter of the PDP to
proceed to the election petition tribunal to challenge the outcome of the
Election.
Source:Guardian.ng
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