The
party also blamed the independent Electoral Commission and security
agencies at all levels for allowing what it called “massive rigging and
disenfranchisement of the electorates” during the election.
The Independent National Electoral Commission, had on Sunday 21st
of October declared Governor Olusegun Mimiko of the Labour Party winner
of the election, saying that he polled 260,199 votes. The Commission
also declared that the candidates of the PDP and ACN, Chief Olusola Oke
and Barrister Rotimi Akeredolu, polled 155,961 and 147,512 respectively.
The Olusola Oke/Saka Lawal Campaign Organisation which said that
the result was regrettable, shameful and disgraceful to Nigeria added
that it was and would remain unacceptable to the PDP as a political
party and as a stakeholder.
Signed by its Director-General, Dr. Oluwadare Bada, the Campaign
Organisation noted that the election was not only marred with
irregularities and massive corruption but it has failed to reflect the
true desire of the people of Ondo state who were looking forward to the
election with high hope of bringing an end to brigandade, waste,
corruption and rudderless leadership.
It went further to state that the result that was announced by INEC
was a decimation of the people’s avowed march towards enthroning
integrity, transparency, modesty, focus and action, adding that the
outcome of the election as announced by the Electoral Commission was
predetermined, predesigned and organized to be the way it came.
“We are convinced and we say this to the whole world that the
factors to this eerie experience were well known to INEC, security
forces, Labour Party and Ondo State government before hand. Sadly, both
INEC and security agencies chose to ignore them” the statement reads in
part.
On security arrangements, the Campaign Organization said that it
was shameful that security agencies showed total partisanship and
predetermined interest before and during the election, thereby negating
there earlier words and promises to address the earlier subversive plans
of the Labour Party and the state government that were discovered and
reported by the opposition parties before the elections.
“It is sad that the massive rigging and disenfranchisement of the
electorates took place in the rural areas whereas security was beefed up
in the urban centres. We call for a total overhauling of the office of
INEC in Ondo state as well as the state Command of the SSS, Police and
the entire Army and Naval Operations in Ondo State”
The Campaign Organization also alleged that INEC refused to conduct
elections in some Wards and Units in PDP’s strongholds, robbing the
party of vital and massive votes and as well canceled many results for
no reason, other than being won by the PDP, in the areas where
alaections materials arrived after maximum delay.
The statement also said: “It is no longer news that INEC delayed
the supply of election materials to the Local Governments, Wards and
Units in our stronghold but did otherwise to the Labour Party’s comfort
zones. For example, voting materials and INEC staff did not get to many
Wards and Units in Ilaje Local Government, e,g, Ugbo Wards 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
and 6 and Mahin Wards 1 and 2 until afternoon when the time for
accreditation was over”
“Same also happened in many places at Ese-Odo Local Government and
many parts of Irele and Odigbo Local Government, all in the Southern
Senatorial District”
Speaking further, the Olusola Oke/ Saka Lawal Campaign Organization
alleged the Labour Party of deploying well over 10 Billion Naira of tax
payers’ money to perpetrate itself in office at the dentriment of the
beleaguered Ondo State people, stressing that money was freely deployed
to buy votes at the polling units especially in the Central and Northern
senatorial Districts.
LibertyReport
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