The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has
officially rejected the results of the governorship
election held in Ondo state on Saturday,
November 26.
INEC had declared APC’s Rotimi Akeredolu
(centre) winner of the Ondo election
The PDP said in a statement signed by its
spokesperson Prince Dayo Adeyeye, on Monday,
November 28 that the Independent National
Electoral Commission (INEC) helped the All
Progressives Congress (APC) to rig the Ondo
election.
The party said 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 added: “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”.
The party blamed INEC for railing to allow
postponement of the polls despite that its
candidate Eyitayo Jegede was disadvantaged
having been hampered from campaigning by
lawsuits.
“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.
“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,” the
party said.
