Nigeria
Social Democratic Party Governorship Candidate in Ogun State Rejects Election Result, Calls it ‘A Rape of Democracy’
SDP Candidate Rejects Election Result
The governorship candidate of the Social Democratic Party in Ogun State, Anthony Ojeshina, has rejected the result of Saturday’s election, describing the outcome as ‘a rape of democracy’.
Candidate Believes Election Should Be Inconclusive
Ojeshina who stepped down for the PDP governorship candidate in the state, Oladipupo Adebutu, a few days to the election, said the facts on the ground were enough for the Independent National Electoral Commission to declare the election inconclusive.
APC Candidate Declared Winner
The INEC returning officer for the governorship and state assembly election in the state, Prof. Kayode Adebowale had on Sunday declared governor Dapo Abiodun of the All Progressives Congress as the winner of the election.
SDP Candidate Faults INEC Statement
Ojeshina in a statement on Thursday faulted the INEC for declaring Abiodun winner of the election despite the violence in some parts of the state.
SDP Remains Committed to Justice
He said, “the declaration by the INEC is a rape of our democratic process. It is clear to all that the governorship election should have been declared inconclusive based on hard facts on ground and the 2022 INEC Electoral Act.
“The SDP and other coalition partners remain committed to the cause of ensuring that Hon Ladi Adebutu gets justice and occupies his rightful position as the legitimate governor of Ogun State.
“SDP remains committed to the course of creating a model state and will join hands with PDP to actualise this.
“We are counting on the judiciary, the peoples’ last arbiter to salvage this travesty of justice.”
Credit: https://punchng.com/ogun-sdp-gov-candidate-rejects-election-result/
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