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).
“The 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).
“This 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.
“This 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 outcome”, the statement said.
The party called the attention of Nigerians and the international community to “this reprehensible practice by the APC as widely witnessed in the November 16, 2024 Governorship election in Ondo State”. It demanded that a serious action be taken to stem such if Nigeria’s democracy must survive.
“In 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,” the party said.
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