Days after Governor Lucky Aiyedatiwa of Ondo state was declared winner of last Saturday’s governorship election, the candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Tuesday rejected the outcome and has gone to the tribunal to seek justice.
Ajayi, a former deputy governor of the state took the decision after examining the results across the state, as contained in a statement made available to newsmen by his special adviser, Ayo Fadaka.
Ajayi, in the statement, noted that democracy could not thrive in an environment where unabated criminality was perpetrated in the prosecution of an election.
“I kept silent since the announcement of the results to enable me to investigate contents of criminality prosecuted by both the APC and the INEC,” Ajayi was quoted as saying.
He said, “While not divulging the nature and extent of the results of our investigations for now, our only prayer is that those who possess the privileges to determine the fate of the people and the nation should begin to live up to expectations and fear God, in the interest of our nation, its wellness, peace, and tranquility, or else they will be reduced to the same level as criminals and bandits who continuously lay landmines that undermine the progress of our nation.
“We particularly call on the Judiciary to brace up and perform the sacred and onerous responsibility of guaranteeing the portability of justice to people and institutions that seek it.
“The nation and the people will appreciate that.
“In summary, we reject the results of the Nov. 16 election and will take legal action to reverse the debauchery. That is the option available to us, and we are hopeful that both man and God, who is the ultimate, will give us justice. It is time we begin to eschew criminality from our electoral process.”