The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has written off Saturday’s governorship election in Ondo State, saying it was a sham.
The party in it’s official X handle OfficialPDPNig in the evening of Sunday said “Indeed all lovers of democracy in Nigeria and across the world have just witnessed the worst election conducted by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC).”
The INEC announced incumbent Governor Lucky Aiyedatiwa of the All Progressives Congress APC as the winner of the election.
INEC said Aiyedatiwa won in all the 18 local government areas of the state.
But the party in a statement by its spokesperson, Debo Ologunagba said the election “fell short of all expectations and requirements of a free, fair and credible election as it witnessed the height of electoral swindle, deceit and manipulation by the All Progressives Congress (APC). @OfficialAPCNg
“This election witnessed widespread election merchandising, monetization and barefaced vote buying by the APC and its apparatus in government to suppress the genuine aspiration of the people.
This devious practice by the APC was rampant and pervasive because the APC have utterly impoverished Nigerians and turned poverty into a weapon of mass subjugation which enabled it to manipulate the election and its outcome.”
The PDP urged all Nigerians and the International Community to reject what it described as reprehensible practice by the APC as widely witnessed in the November 16, 2024 Governorship election in Ondo State and we demand that a serious action be taken to stem such if Nigeria’s democracy must survive.
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According to the statement, the PDP was going to review the whole process of the election with a view to determine thenext line of action.
“In the meantime, the National Working Committee (NWC) of the PDP will be having a more detailed review of the election and its outcome and take appropriate action in the defence of our democracy,” the party said.
