The People’s Democratic Party (PDP), has describes the just concluded Ondo State election as a sham.
This was contained in a statement by the Party’s National Party Secretary, Debo Ologunagba, on Sunday.
This is coming just after Governor Lucky Aiyedatiwa of the All Progressives Congress was the declared the winner of the poll with 366,781 votes, defeating PDP’s Agboola Ajayi who polled 117, 845.
The statement further alleged that this is the worst election conducted by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC).
“The Peoples Democratic Party and 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 November 16, 2024 Governorship election in Ondo State runs 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).“
The statement further alleged that the election witness election infractions by the APC.
“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 party further demanded that action should be taken against the opposition party to ensure survival of Nigeria’s democracy.
“We call the attention of all Nigerians and the International Community to this 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.
“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 statement read in part.