The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) candidate in the March 18 Governorship Election in Ogun State, Ladi Adebutu has described the just concluded election as a reflection of Governor Dapo Abiodun’s ‘criminally inclined government’.
Adebutu who faulted the outcome of the election at a press conference in Abeokuta on Monday, vowed to challenge the result before the court of law.
He alleged that the election recorded inflation of votes for the APC in most of the polling units across the state.
Adebutu dared Governor Abiodun to celebrate his ‘acclaimed victory’, declaring that the findings by the PDP shows that the scores were inflated by 10,000 and 4,000 votes in Ado-Odo/Ota and Ogijo areas in favour of APC in some polling units.
He further alleged that a House of Representatives – elect of the APC was spotted with a ballot box which he later presented to the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) officials and insisted that the votes be added for his party , APC.
According to Adebutu , PDP won in most of the 20 local government areas of that state but was rigged by the ruling APC in conjunction with INEC.
He however insisted that the PDP would proceed to forensic findings as soon as the party gets court order.
He said “This is not a margin of a hundred thousand that we will be chasing and chasing. I dare them to celebrate. We have found 10,000 there already, we have found 4,000 in Ogijo.
“These people didn’t have half of the votes that were published for them. After this auditing, we are still going to do forensic when we get the court order.
“Dapo Abiodun’s government is criminally inclined and that is how he has been running his government. What he did on Saturday was to put about 30 to 40 bikes with young men with guns roaming the streets, attacking polling units. The Impunity was so much. This people dressed like DSS.
Adebutu added “Their House of Representatives-elect was also seen with a ballot box which he was presenting to the INEC officials and insisting that the votes in the box be counted”.
Earlier, the Deputy Chairman of the Party, Kayode Bamgbose, alleged that INEC connived with the All Progressives Congress, APC.
Bamgbose further alleged that security operatives including army and the police provided cover as hoodlums destroyed sensitive and non-sensitive materials in about 100 polling units.
He also added that the destruction and use of state power to manipulate the electoral process happened in the PDP strongholds.
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