The All Progressives Congress
(APC) has described as baseless the argument of the Peoples Democratic Party
(PDP) that the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) worked against
its interest in the Osun state.
The commission had kicked against
the declaration of the governorship election as inconclusive.
INEC had based its action on the
margin between the candidates who secured the highest votes in the election and
the number of votes which were cancelled.
But the PDP accused INEC of
“daylight robbery”, demanding that its candidate be declared winner of the
exercise.
Reacting on Sunday evening, the
APC rejected the call and commended the current administration for “ensuring
transparent elections”.
Yekini Nabena, acting spokesman
of APC, said the election is “a departure from the situation under past Peoples
Democratic Party (PDP) administrations where the people’s will was subverted
and elections where manipulated.”
“The APC commends the President
Muhammadu Buhari-led administration which has continually exhibited its
commitment to ensuring that elections are more peaceful, transparent, credible
and acceptable,” Nabena said in a statement.
“We hereby reject the PDP’s
baseless calls that the inconclusive Osun governorship election is announced in
its favour.
“In the lead up to the rerun
election, we call on the Osun electorate, party supporters and members to
remain upbeat and focused on the task of consolidating on the APC Change
administration in the state by voting for the victory of our candidate, Gboyega
Oyetola.”
Ademola Adeleke, candidate of the
PDP, had polled 254,699 ahead of Isiaka Oyetola of the All Progressives
Congress (APC) who had 254,345 votes.
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