Ademola Adeleke, governorship
candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Osun state, has declared
himself the governor-elect.
The Independent National
Electoral Commission (INEC) had declared the election inconclusive, saying the
margin between the two leading candidates was not significant enough to declare
a winner.
Adeleke had polled 254,699 votes
ahead of Isiaka Oyetola of the All Progressives Congress (APC) who had 254,345
votes, leaving a margin of 353.
The commission had announced that
3,498 votes were cancelled across seven polling units in four local government
areas.
Speaking in an interview with BBC
News Yoruba, Adeleke said the people of the state were robbed of their votes.
He said this was not new in the
country, citing the annulled June 12, 1993 as an example.
“The people of Osun state voted
and they voted me as their governor; as I am speaking with you, I’m the elected
governor of the state,” he said.
“They robbed us of our mandate
and this is not the first time something like this would happen. The same thing
happened during the June 12 election, the mandate was stolen too. Till date,
there are still controversies over the annulled election.
“That is why the international
community does not love us again; they said Nigerians are not trustworthy. What
happened last Saturday has shown that we were cheated; now is the time for the
people of Osun to sit up and we know that by the grace of God, we will get our
mandate.
“The international community is
watching us. It is shameful; if a governorship election is conducted in this
manner, that means the same thing would be replicated during the forthcoming
general election.”
Asked if there are plans to get
support from governorship candidates of other parties, he replied that he
believes he will be supported.
“The other governorship
candidates have decided to work with me to make Osun state a better place, to
make it progressive. I know they are good people and I believe they will
support me,” he said.
All the 48 political parties will
partake in the supplementary election but the real contest is between Adeleke
and Oyetola.
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