Osun election: APC’s petition, wasteful voyage, says PDP

By Deborah Oladejo, Osogbo

Osun State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has described the decision by the All Progressives Congress (APC) and Governor Gboyega Oyetola to approach the election tribunal over the result of the July 16 governorship election as a wasteful voyage and an exercise in futility.

PDP, in a statement signed by the Chairman, Caretaker Committee, Dr Akindele Adekunle in Osogbo on Thursday stressed that the mandate given to the Governor-elect, Senator Ademola Ademola by the overwhelming majority of Osun people has come to stay.

Adekunle said that the party is yet to be served with any election petition, even as he noted that neither the party nor the governor-elect is worried by the alleged petition as the election was adjudged to be of global democratic compliance. 

“This just concluded election passes the test of best practices in electoral processes with the effective application of the electoral act which shut down all rigging plots and scheming of the All Progressives Congress (APC),” he said.

The caretaker chairman stated that the PDP is not afraid of any election petition as its legal team are always ready to defend whatever petition the APC is bringing, reiterating that the petition would be dead on arrival anytime it comes.