Ondo Governorship Election A Sham, Says PDP

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has described the name Ondo State governorship election held on Saturday as a sham.

The party said what Nigerians and the world witnessed was the worst election ever conducted by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC).

A statement on Sunday night by the National Publicity Secretary of the PDP, Debo Ologunagba further described the election as electoral swindle, deceit and manipulation by the All Progressives Congress (APC).

โ€œThe 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).

โ€œThis election witnessed widespread election merchandising, monetisation and barefaced vote buying by the APC and its apparatus in government to suppress the genuine aspiration of the people.

โ€œThis 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 outcomeโ€, the statement said.

The party called the attention of Nigerians and the international community to โ€œthis reprehensible practice by the APC as widely witnessed in the November 16, 2024 Governorship election in Ondo Stateโ€. It demanded that a serious action be taken to stem such if Nigeriaโ€™s democracy must survive.

โ€œIn 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,โ€ the party said.

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