The Osun State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has rejected the August 9 governorship election’s results, vowing to file its petition today at the tribunal.
The PDP said in a statement on Tuesday by its Press Officer, Victor Oriola that it was convinced after a review of the processes leading to the election’s outcome that there were alleged irregularities and fraud perpetrated by the All Progressives Congress (APC).
The statement said: “We have decided to challenge this brazen attempt to subvert the wishes of the electorate who came out to support our Rescue Mission Campaign and gubernatorial candidate of the Osun State Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) at the tribunal, as provided for by the constitution and electoral laws.”
It added that it was mindful of the “investment in deceit-driven propaganda unleashed on the citizens by the APC to distract attention from how the allegTred electoral heist was perpetrated.”
The party vowed to “ensure that scientific rigging of elections” in Osun and the country were “both exposed and reversed.”
It stated: “Our legal team will reveal shocking graphic details of pre-election rigging led by the leadership of the APC, who had directed that all its officers relocate to Osun State before the election in addition to the subversive roles these ubiquitous officials played in the elections as they compromised some of the INEC officials.
“On account of these and many other damning revelations, we affirm that the announced outcomes of the August 9, 2014 gubernatorial elections in Osun State are not a true reflection of the votes cast in the election…
“We shall seek to retrieve our stolen mandate that was freely given to our candidate and party, using legal means as provided for by both the constitution and electoral laws.
“We shall continue to provide information to our aggrieved supporters and party members and urge them all to go about their lawful duty without any fear of intimidation.”
It promised that the case would deepen democracy since shocking revelations would be made during the legal battle that would strengthen democracy in the state and Nigeria.
It said it has an abiding faith in God, “who will always make the victory of the unjust pyrrhic and confidence in the judiciary as the last hope of the cheated.”
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