Ogun: PDP Heads To Petitions Tribunal, Vows To Upturn Amosun’s Victory
The Ogun State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has revealed its plans to head to the election petitions tribunal to challenge the victory of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) in the recently conducted Governorship and House of Assembly elections in the state.
The Chairman of the PDP Mr. Adebayo Dayo, disclosed this in a telephone interview with newsmen on Saturday.
Dayo boasted that the party’s governorship candidate at the polls, Gboyega Isiaka, won in the governorship election, alleging that the APC rigged the poll by manipulating the scores at the collation centers.
He said, “We are going to the tribunal to challenge the results of the governorship and House of Assembly elections. We won the governorship election but the APC rigged by changing figures at the collation centers.
“We are already putting our facts together.”
He said the party executive council in the state tried its possible best for the party in the just-concluded elections.
Responding to the claims of the PDP, the Director General, Senator Ibikunle Amosun Campaign Organisation, Chief Bode Mustapha, described the allegation of rigging against the APC as unfounded.
He said the PDP’s governorship candidate, who had declared himself winner before the election was concluded should be questioned by the relevant agencies.
Mustapha added, “We got information that the PDP wanted to rig the election but they were not successful. There are 4,010 polling booths in Ogun State, results were still being collated across different polling booths with some of them very far away. Then where did he get his results from?”
Also speaking on the claims of the PDP, the Resident Electoral Commissioner in the state, Chief Timothy Ibitoye, said Isiaka’s allegations were untrue.
He said, “Were you in the collation centre? If you were, then how is it possible for any irregularity to take place? Results were collated and announced publicly, and we have all seen the results.”
