Recently, PDP has released a statement rejecting the outcome of last
Saturday's governorship election in Ondo state. APC's Rotimi Akeredolu was
declared winner of the election. Read the press statement signed by the party's
Ntional Publicity Secretary, Prince Dayo Adeyeye after the cut...
The outcome of the
November 26, 2016 Gubernatorial Election in Ondo State as declared by Professor
Abdul-Ganiyu Ambali, the Chief Returning Officer of the Independent National
Electoral Commission (INEC) is a charade and not the true reflection of the
will of the people of Ondo State.
2. INEC has however
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.
3. 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.
4. Nigerians will
recall that we had persistently called for the postponement of the Election
before Saturday, for at least two weeks to enable our Party Campaign and
prepare properly for this Election as a result of 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.
5. 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.
6. 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. The Election and all actions leading to
it fall short of laid down principles guiding conduct of elections in Nigeria.
We have instructed our Candidate and the Ondo State Chapter of our Party to
proceed to the Tribunal to challenge the Outcome of the Election. 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.
7. Finally, we
congratulate our Candidate, Hon. Eyitayo Jegede, SAN, and our Party in the
State for the gallant performance at the Poll, despite the severe injuries
inflicted on us before, during and after the Election. We call on all our
members and teeming supporters nationwide and Ondo State in particular to
remain calm and continue to work with the leadership of the Party to move the
PDP forward.
8. God bless Ondo
State! God bless Nigeria!!!
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