OsunDecides2018: APC Lambastes PDP For Arrogating Victory To Its Candidate

The All Progressives Congress(APC) has discredited the claims and calls by the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) that its candidate be pronounced the winner of the inconclusive Osun governorship election.

Kola Ologbondiyan, PDP National Publicity Secretary, had yesterday asked that his party’s candidate, Sen. Ademola Adeleke, should be immediately declared winner of the election.

Mr Yekini Nabena, the APC National Publicity Secretary said the APC rejected the PDP demand.

“We hereby reject the PDP’s baseless calls that the inconclusive Osun governorship election is announced in its favour,” he said.

Nabena, however, called on Osun electorate, party supporters and members to remain upbeat and focused on the task of consolidating on the APC change administration in the state in the lead up to the re-run election.

The APC spokesman said the party would continue to improve on its electoral processes, particularly correcting some irregularities witnessed in the election.

He commended President Muhammadu Buhari’s administration for continuously exhibiting its commitment to ensure that elections were more peaceful, transparent, credible and acceptable.

PDP had at a news conference in Abuja on Sunday, rejected the declaration by the Independent National Electoral Commission that the governorship election was inconclusive.

Prof. Joseph Fuwape, the Returning Officer for the Sept. 22 election made the declaration in Osogbo.

He said the election was declared inconclusive because of cases of ballot boxes snatching that occurred in some polling units during the election.

He said a total of 3498 votes were cancelled in the seven affected polling units