The National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress,
Senator Abdullahi Adamu, on Sunday disclosed that he was unaware a winner has
emerged in the aftermath of Saturday’s governorship election in Osun State.
Adamu’s statement is coming in the wake of the party’s
candidate, Governor Adegboyega Oyetola’s loss to the candidate of Peoples
Democratic Party, Ademola Adeleke.
Oyetola had polled 375,027 votes and won in 13 local
government areas of the state to come second behind Adeleke in the election.
When besieged to make comment after the election, the
governor said the leadership of the APC in the state will respond to the result
of Saturday’s governorship poll after studying it.
He also called on his supporters to remain calm, and go
about their respective businesses without fomenting trouble or resulting to
violence.
His loss in Saturday’s poll has, however, come to the APC
national chair as a surprise.
Adamu, who appeared on Arise TV programme on Sunday, denied
having knowledge of the winner of the Osun governorship election.
He told the presenter, “With due respect, my dear brother, I
am just really hearing this from you. I have not formally heard the
announcement from INEC, which is the independent commission responsible for
election in Nigeria.
“I have not heard
from them yet. Once I hear formally from INEC, I can be in a position to answer
this particular question.”
When reminded that the results and the breakdown of the
ballots from the 30 local government areas were all over the pages of major
newspapers across the country, Adamu remained adamant.
“Between me and you, I have not formally heard from INEC and
I have not read the papers you are talking about. I do read some papers on my
table before I have my breakfast but I haven’t done that today yet,” he said.
When prodded further on whether the party will accept defeat
if he finally gets to see the result and breakdown of voting pattern, the APC
chair stuck to his gun.
He said, “I don’t like pre-empting my situation. You need to
be patient. Since you got the result, wait for me too to receive it. You can get
back to me and I will be willing to talk about it.
“Until I hear from INEC formally or my people in the control
room confirm that it is the result, of course, I will abide by it. But hearing
the result first from you is unacceptable. You are not INEC.”
According to him, he has yet to even speak with the APC
candidate after the poll that gave the opposition PDP the victory.
“I haven’t spoken to him yet,” he said.
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