APC’s victory in Ondo is a product of vote-buying, says PDP

Following it’s loss in the governorship election in Ondo State, the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) has said the All Progressives Congress (APC) obtained it’s victory through rampant electoral merchandising, monetisation, and barefaced vote buying.

In a press statement on Sunday, PDP’s National Publicity Secretary, Hon. Debo Ologunagba, described Saturday’s poll as “the worst election conducted by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC)”.

The PDP said the November 16 governorship election witnessed the height of electoral fraud, dishonesty, and manipulation by the APC and falls short of all expectations and criteria of a free, fair, and credible election.

“This election witnessed widespread election merchandising, monetization and barefaced vote buying by the APC and its apparatus in government to suppress the genuine aspiration of the people.

“This devious practice by the APC was rampant and pervasive because the APC have utterly impoverished Nigerians and turned poverty into a weapon of mass subjugation which enabled it to manipulate the election and its outcome,” the party stated.

The Independent National Electoral Commission declared incumbent governor Lucky Aiyedatiwa winner of the election.