The All Progressives Congress
(APC) has alleged that the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and its candidate,
Ademola Adeleke, engaged in vote-buying during Saturday’s inconclusive Osun
State Governorship election.
APC spokesman, Yekini Nabena, in
a statement on Monday, said the vote-buying template allegedly introduced by
the PDP and “brazenly deployed” in the Osun inconclusive election was a threat
to democracy.
He said while the PDP and its
paid proxies were accusing other political parties of irregularities during
Saturday’s inconclusive elections, the party was allegedly busy perpetuating
its vote-buying scheme as exposed in several leaked videos showing PDP agents
buying votes for its candidate, Sen. Ademola Adeleke particularly in Ede local
councils of Osun State.
The statement added: “The PDP’s
now public rigging method particularly vote-buying and dissemination of
diversionary fake news must be checked particularly as we go into the
INEC-ordered Osun governorship rerun.
“We also call on the electorate,
civil society organisations and relevant stakeholders to speak out and resist
the PDP’s retrogressive plans which threaten our democracy.
“Again, while the PDP attempts to
misinform the public on the rationale for declaring the Osun Governorship
election inconclusive, they should be reminded that in 2015, the late Abubakar
Audu of Kogi State was leading by 240, 867 votes to PDP 199,514 votes, the
margin of 41,353 favoured APC but it was declared inconclusive.
“IINEC ordered a rerun because
49,953 cancelled votes were higher than the 41,353 despite the fact that APC
was leading with a wide margin. At the time PDP did not protest rather prepared
and waited for the rerun date.
“The PDP cannot be supportive of
decisions only when it seemingly favours them. There are electoral precedents,
guidelines and laws which are binding on all.
“Finally, we reiterate our
confidence that the Osun electorate will resist the PDP’s deployment to take
over the state by force. The people’s will; the people’s vote is supreme. It
must be respected and defended. That is democratic, progressive and the right
thing.”
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