Ogun state PDP to challenge April 11 Election Results in Tribunal
The Ogun state chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party has announced plans to challenge the victory of the All Progressives Congress in the governorship and House of Assembly elections at the election petitions tribunal.
The state Chairman of the party, Adebayo Dayo, said this on saturday in an interview with journalists, claiming that the candidate of the PDP, Gboyega Isiaka, won in the governorship election, and that the APC rigged the poll by manipulating the scores at the collation centres.
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 centres. We are already putting our facts together.”
The Director General of the Senator Ibikunle Amosun Campaign Organisation, Chief Bode Mustapha, however, refuted the allegations of manipulation.
He, in turn, accused Isiaka of being forward as he had declared himself winner before the election was concluded, saying the act should be questioned.
He said: “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?”
The Resident Electoral Commissioner in the state, Chief Timothy Ibitoye, also claimed the Isiaka’s allegations were false, saying, “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.
