Ondo Election: PDP breaks silence, reveals next move

The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP has rejected the outcome of the Saturday gubernatorial election in Ondo State, saying it will challenge the victory of the All Progressives Congress, APC.

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The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC had on Sunday declared Governor Lucky Aiyedatiwa of APC, the winner of the election.

polled a total of 366,781 votes to defeat his counterpart in the Peoples Democratic Party, Ajayi Agboola, who also garnered 117,845 votes.

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But PDP in a statement issued on Tuesday by the special adviser to the PDP governorship candidate in the election, Ayo Fadaka, said the party has uncovered lots of actions undertaken to compromise the electoral desires of the people.

According to the party, the outcome of the election showed that democracy cannot thrive in an environment where persistent criminality is executed in the prosecution of an election by the agency, INEC, saddled with the responsibility of protecting franchise and delivering its mandate at the end of every election.

The statement added that legal action against the results of the APC victory was the only option available to it in reversing the alleged stolen mandate.

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