BREAKING: PDP Protests As INEC Declares Akeredolu Winner

n agent of the Peoples Democratic Party
protested at the declaration of the final result of
the Ondo State governorship election’
Mr. Ayo Fadaka, had protested the result of the
Saturday election which was won by the
candidate of the All Progressives Congress, Mr.
Oluwarotimi Odunayo Akeredolu.
The Returning Officer, Prof. Abdulganiyu Ambali,
who is the Vice Chancellor of the University of
Ilorin declared Akerodolu the winner of the
election with a total vote of of 244,842.
The PDP candidate came second with 150,380
votes; the Alliance for Democracy candidate,
Chief Olusola Oke polled 126, 889 and the the
candidate of the Social Democratic Party, Olu
Agunloye scored a total of 10,147 votes.
Fadaka, who expressed his dissatisfaction with
the process while speaking in an interview with
journalists immediately after Akeredolu was
declared the winner said the Independent
National Electoral Commission and the Federal
Government programmed and designed the poll
to make the PDP candidate, Mr. Eyitayo Jegede
to fail.

He accused the FG of opening its vault for the

APC candidate which he said led to inducing

votes with as much as N5,000 per vote in many

polling units.

He further stated that the INEC rushed the

election despite the fact that they had up to

January 27 to conduct it.

However, the Resident Electoral Commissioner in

Ondo State, Mr. Olusegun Agbaje, denied the

allegation of collaboration with the FG to

manipulate the process in favour of the APC

candidate.

The REC, who described the allegation as an

unfounded one said the electoral body did a

thorough job.