The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has described the Saturday governorship election in Ondo State as a sham.
PDP, in a statement on Sunday by its National Publicity Secretary, Hon. Debo Ologunagba, said the party and all lovers of democracy in Nigeria and across the world have just witnessed the worst election conducted by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC).
It said, 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).
PDP alleged that the election witnessed widespread merchandising, monetization and barefaced vote buying by the APC and its apparatus in government to suppress the genuine aspiration of the people.
It claimed that the 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.
It, therefore, called the attention of Nigerians and the International Community to what it described as reprehensible practice by the APC as widely witnessed in the November 16, 2024 Governorship election in Ondo State.
While demanding that a serious action be taken to stem such if Nigeria’s democracy must survive, PDP said, its National Working Committee (NWC) will be having a more detailed review of the election and its outcome and take appropriate action in the defence of nation’s Democracy.
