“The Ondo 2024 Governorship Election, is a Sham, we are Reviewing the results for next action says PDP
The main opposition party in Nigeria, The Peoples’ Democratic Party, PDP, yesterday condemned the results announced by the electoral empire in Nigeria, The Indendence National Electoral Commission, INEC, on Ondo State Governorship election where tthe ruling All Progressives Candidate, APC, was declard winner.
According to the electoral body, the ruling All Progressives Congress in the state, pulled APC: 366,781 votes to be declared winner. After winning all the 18 local governments councils in Ondo state. The main opposition party, Peoples Democratic Party, PDP got 117,845 votes.
Other results as announced by INEC are: LP: 1,162; ZLP: 2,692; and ADC: 4138 votes.
In a swift reaction, the main opposition party in Nigeria, The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP in a press released signed by the party’s National Publicity Secretary, Hon. Debo Ologunagba, said: “The Ondo 2024 Governorship Election, is a Sham, we are Reviewing the results for next action,” the Secretary said.
According to the Press Released, “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).
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.
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.
