Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has described Saturday’s Ondo State governorship election as the worst yet conducted by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC).
In its reaction to the declaration of Governor Lucky Aiyedatiwa as the winner of the poll by the electoral body on Sunday, the main opposition party said in a statement by its national spokesperson, Debo Ologunagba, that the party and indeed all lovers of democracy in Nigeria and across the world have just witnessed the worst election conducted by INEC in the history of the country.
It said the November 16, 2024 governorship election in Ondo State ran short of all expectations and requirements of a free, fair, and credible election as it witnessed the height of electoral swindling, deceit, and manipulation by the All Progressives Congress (APC).
According to the PDP, 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 has 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,” it said.
The statement informed that in the meantime, the National Working Committee (NWC) of the PDP will be conducting a more detailed review of the election and its outcome and “take appropriate action in the defence of our democracy.”
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