•Vows to challenge result at election tribunal
From TUNDE RAHEEM, Akure
The Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) governorship candidate in the last Saturday election in Ondo State, Oluwarotimi Akeredolu (SAN) yesterday rejected the result announced by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), contending that the election was characterised by fraud. INEC had declared Governor Olusegun Mimiko winner in the election in which Akeredolu came third behind Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) standard bearer, Olusola Oke, who came second.
Akeredolu who was officially reacting to the election result in a statement he issued and signed said it was one election too many, vowing to challenge the result at the election petition tribunal. He noted that security agents and INEC officials played the role of partisans of injustice in some areas of the state during the election, alleging that there were incontrovertible evidences of attempts at violence and actual perpetration of same against voters before, during and after the election.
“There was news of violence in many towns and villages of the state before, during and immediately after the election. Idanre is being mentioned for sundry reasons. Voters were prevented from voting in some areas where results were returned. Two of our supporters were reportedly killed.
“Many eligible voters could not find their names on the register provided at the polling units where they had previously voted. In some polling units the number of accredited voters was less than the results released. Somebody has to explain the difference. “In view of these glaring evidences of irregularities which characterised the exercise, the leadership of the party will be meeting to decide on the next line of action. I am conscious of the expectation of our supporters and the general public on our reaction to the outcome of the election.
“Let me hasten to state that our party is studying the results and will take a decision on reports of widespread irregularities from our agents and other witnesses. I have been inundated with tales of the brazen acts of violence perpetrated by thugs during the conduct of the election. “I still find it difficult to believe that our security agents played the role of partisans of injustice in some areas of the state. There are, however, incontrovertible evidences of attempts at violence and actual perpetration of same against voters before, during and after the election.
“I was informed of the arrest of the state Commissioner for Special Duties, Mr. Niran Sule and the Caretaker Chairman of Owo Local Government Area, Prince Ojomo, by soldiers for being in possession of firearms and large sums of money on the morning of election. The news was widely circulated and was later confirmed by several people who witnessed the show of shame. I reliably gathered that the suspects were later released. “I also heard of the heavy monetisation of the voting process, particularly by the Labour Party (LP).
I was told of the inducement of voters and violent attacks on those who refused to cooperate with them in virtually all the polling units in the state despite the intimidating presence of security agents deployed to protect lives and property. “Owo, my hometown, was practically under siege. My unit was, nevertheless bombarded by agents of retrogression who insisted they must make a point with my contrived defeat in my ward.
The resilience of the true sons and daughters of Owo ensured that I won. Adequate security was not provided in my polling units as in most polling units all over the state as voters were openly suborned. My people still stood firm in anticipation of change. “News of the purported defeat in my ward had been sent to the internet even before counting commenced. There were reports of the arrest of LP chieftains and their sympathisers who were caught with voting materials, especially ballot papers, few hours to the election. He alleged that agents of the ruling party had continued to attack his supporters across the state.
“A party which has truly won an election need not resort to violence soon after victory. Let me sound this note of warning to the hoodlums who terrorise innocent people that they will not be allowed to escape justice.
The power of incumbency will not be strong enough to protect banditry. “I call on the government of Ondo State to rein in the excesses of its agents to avert crisis. Our supporters must be allowed to go about their legitimate businesses. There is a limit to what human frailty can withstand.”
If you don’t accept defeat which is the last thing a typical Nigerian politician will do, go to election tribunal, let peace reign and allow the common man who will suffer all the wahala to rest. Upon all the noise made be ACN and their cohorts, they came a distant third position. Congratulate the winner, join hands and move this nation, Ondo state forward, Tanx.
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Mr. Akeredolu is day-dreaming. He should go and wait for his time. His godfathers played god and they have to cover their faces in shame.
lets call a spade by its name.ACN should accept their defeat short and simple,PDP that came second accepted the result while ACN that came third are making mockery of them selves. How come ACN candidate lost in his own ward,thats to show how unpopular ACN is in ondo state.
ACN is worse than PDP. There is no internal democracy in ACN. Let other parties begin to breast up for 2015.Let us unseat these evil parties.
Poor Akeredolu. I understand where your
problem Is coming from. “Frustration”
They are all birds of the same feathers…
Akeredolu, just accept defeat and allow the sleeping dog to lie. Even if another election will hold, i am sure Mimiko will still defeat you hands down. Ondo people knows who is their man.
The party that doesn’t believe in the primaries, what kind of party is that and they are claiming the best. Tinubu days are numbered
Its very disheartening dat akeredolu who is a SAN based his evidences of unfair election on ‘i heard’ isnt it shamful?
I am surprise that a reputable individual like Akeredolu is saying that the election is not free and fair.
He should know that he cannot win all the time.
The people of Ondo have chosen their governor
The election is among the best in the country
Akeredolu should be a good loser
Let him go to court he will be ashamed there.his so call evidences can not hold water in the court of law.imagine him asking the rational behind the difference between the accredited voters and the actual voters number it sound funny to av come from his mouth’SAN’ for that matter.anyway I hear the buy it these days is no longer by merit.he should not insult our sense of reasoning becouse nigerians has grown.many voters will go for accreditation but for one reason or the other will not participate in the actual voting.
TO ME THERE WERE NO VIOLENCE AFTER THE ELECTION BECAUSE THE WISHES AND RIGHT OF THE PEOPLE TO HAVE MIMIKO BACK WERE RESPECTED.
CAN YOU IMAGINE IF THE WISHES OF THE PEOPLE WERE NOT RESPECTED IT WOULD HAVE BEEN SERIOUS VIOLENCE KNOWING THE ONDO PEOPLE WELL TO STAND FOR THEIR RIGHT. AKETI SHOULD SHUT UP AND STOP ALL THE STUPID LIES HE HIMSELF KNOW ITS A LIE.
GO TO COURT AND YOU WILL LOOSE AGAIN, IT WILL BECOME DOUBLE SHAME FOR YOU AND YOUR GOD FATHER TINUBU.
Obviously, they are hoping anoda court decisn wil giv dem wat they couldnt get thro’ d ballot box! Sory folks, such days are gone! Ask Salami, he’ll tel u so!
The day you were forced down on people was the day you lost and good a thing you lose considering your monumental fraud at NBA as its president. You would have swept the state’s treasury. Hide your shameless face in shame
AKEREDOLU wasn’t a politician at first instance. He was smuggled in, with every assurance by his political god father Tinubu that he must win the election. The desperation on his chicks faded off once the result was released on Sunday. AKEREDOLU are you contesting the result even at your own ward Mimiko defeated you roundomly/ @ ur backyard with more than 5 votes cast. I’m sympathising with u because Tinubu has infiltrated u with shameless syndrome similar to that of native doctors in the villages. U will account his remaining million pounds sterling at Alausa otherwise, your god father will roast u. To worsen ur ilicite dream project, u even came distance 3rd position. Ur dream of becoming a governor was dashed completely, oh sorry to you.
As far as i am concerned, the contest was Mimiko vs Oke vs Tinubu. Akeredolu was just a shameless puppet. I wonder how men who have built their reputations on integrity can thoughtlessly throw it away for the mess of political pottage. Tinubu had been deluded by his zombie south-west minions into believeing he was a god, even oshiomhole wouldn’t speak ill of mimiko because he knew the truth that performance is the new yardstick for re-eloection. Tinubu’s demise has just begun, first it was losing Ikoyi-Obalende to PDP, now it is being trashed thoroughly by the Iroko. I only wish all the zombies who follow tinubu like they lost their will and minds would by this trouncing come back to thier senses. And as for the lack of internal democracy & ‘baba so kpe’ philosophy of the ACN, they should learn from this and allow the people decide who they want. Akeredolu, just eat the humble pie and stop trying to defend the indefensible. U were trounced silly, fair and square!
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I wish i could see Tinubu face-to-face and laugh at him until my side hurt! You cant buy respect and affection with money! I fear for lagos state after fashola, if the ACN will still hold on to her. I am waiting for his comment on the election. The most autocratic ‘democrat’ in political history has been force-fed the humble pie! Good riddance to bad rubbish! Now we can have some peace from all the useless grandstanding and hollow boastings, rubbish!!!
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Oh boy! accept the defeat, congratulate Mimiko. Mimiko is not your mate when talking about politics, reputation, discipline, character, and many others. He is going to be your senior always. Ondo people are wise! My inlaws, and friends. They are educated, and knows who is the best for them, they had selected whom they want already. They are not an ingrate, they know what Mimiko has done for them during his first term in office. Therefore, go back to your Owo town, and prepare for next election in 4 years to come if Mimiko supports you instead of Tinubu that time, you will win Ondo, otherwise you will always be a LOSER! lmao
This is another evidence that the people are tired of Tinubu’s imposition of candidates and godfather-ism in the west. o God pls com and deliver your people from this govt of selt imposed people as you did in the old in Jesus name. Amen and Amen.
Let Akeredolu goes to tribunal and even if after he lose, which am sure will be the result, let him go for Appeal. But unfurtunately, the suspended Justice Isa Ayo Salami is no more on the throne to do Bola Tinubu bid anymore. So go to anywhere to challenge the victory.
I am not surprised at AKeredolu’s claims.ACN has never accepted defeat.The election is free and fair only when ACN wins.His God father invests millions of pounds sterling on every election.The yardstick is performance.Iroko achievements is standing like that of adams Oshimole in Edo state and Rochas okorocha in Imo.Fashola is doing well in Lagos but check the internally generated revenue and debt profile of lagos to appreciate how much is being to looted to settle the godfather.Tinubus days in southwest politics are numbered.Its about performance not Godfatherism.I am so proud of Mimiko’s confidence to fight boldly and conquer.Akeredolu should eat the humble pie and be patrotic enough to congratulate the winner.Even the busy Benin -Ore road was closed for the success of that election.Iroko make sure you deliver in this second term.
Ejusdem generis(birds of a feather flocks together) to all iroko fans. The bible says”my people perished bcos they lack knowledge. Anybody that’s speaks against a great party(A C N) should check the development in other states under the control of A C N in terms of free education,economy,employment,staff benefits etc. U followed the lies of ur boss mimiko, if all of u re more knowledgeable in politics u won’t support that foolish idea. My question is, how many candidates came out under LP for governor, Non and u re talking of primaries. U better seal ur mouth. Ur boss who always stood against second term ambition nw crave for it, WHY? That’s the question u need to post to the incompetent, over ambitious,squander governor. The best is to challenge his victory. GO A C N.
Hehehehehe ACN candidate should seat down and suffer his election hang up,PDP who came close second did not make a noise ,let alone ACN
Looks to me Akeredolu is very brilliant and writes some English. His press release shows this. But he is short on intelligence and wsidom. Did he think he could win the election? It’s a shame that after such an illustrious career he needs to become a stooge to those who want to conquer Ondo from Lagos. Akeredolu can go to court; he will return with a bloodied nose. This charade called ACN will soon implode cos of one man’s burning ambition to conquer the SouthWest. We’re wiser. Akeredolu’s problem is that cos of his uncontrollable ambition to be gov he couldn’t even acknowledge Mimiko’s achievement. You may not like a man or the party he belongs to; but pls acknowledge his efforts. Those who seek to rubbish others in order to grab what they have will never enjoy same opportunity. Akeredolu should wise up. Congratulate Mimiko; supoort him to serve Ondo well and wait till next time. Otherwise he’s burning the bridge he needs tomorrow to get to Alagbaka.
I dont think anyone will expect Aketi to accept the result of the election giving his believe long before the election that his Godfather will make it happen for him. Honestly if I were him I will take a whollistic assessment of myself and the process leading to the election, take a cursory look at the reason why the people of the state rejected him flatly. Does it mean he is not a good and marketable material as some people have been canvassing? Findings of the assessment should have formed the basis upon which he will react. The fact still remains that the people prefer doing their own thing rather than worshipping a ”foreign god” That account for his woeful performance at the polls. I will advise him to swallow his pride and congratulate the winner for 2016 is around the corner. Remember, Justice Salami is no longer sitting atop elections tribunal.
Congrats to the winner Iroko, the people of Ondo & sorry for the losers, Tinubu, Akeredolu & the association of crooks in Nigeria ACN. Aketi, Gba be! Ko ma lobe! Iroko lodu. With Tinubu, you are a born looser. O ma se o.
same people. finally, he will be looking for compensation or alternatively, to spend more money and make lawyers very rich and thereby becoming a bit relevent in the state.
Why do u think Akeredolu is a reputable individual? How did u think he made his money as a SAN? He has been one of those defending the thieving politicians you know. Its time for other SANs to get their own share from him and soon they will be lining up with him at the tribunal.
Let him go to court by all means,and when he looses as he surely will,the court should,for wasteing its time award costs to ‘Iroko’.
i’m surprising earing this from a man who once accept the way things went on the day of election, anyway, i believe ur godfather and the rest of the district officer still have money to throw around by going to court,it is glaring, the handwritten is on the wall, my candid advice to you sir, is that the ondo people are watching how you want to team up with your godfather who came from lagos to destroy your people it will be on record for you, and for Bisi Akande hello sir,you are becoming older with what is coming out from your mouth your 4 year tenor in osun state is a shamble, please be wise for once.stop following your junior to do evil, we thank God for people like Fashola we we still vote him if the need be because is very different from you people in ACN that is why he did not even follow you people to campaign against Mimiko for he knew the man is like himself in Lagos, thanks
this man is a fool.you are in third position ,yet u complaining.Even goodluck jonathan’s party that lost,accepted defeat and praised the INEC for free and fair election.where do this fool come from?
I bind every spirit of rejection on Ondo.
All are entittled to their views and opinions,this is democracy(though we are yet to have{see} rooted and matured version)
Tinubu is a sham and a
Shame. Roforofo democrat.
Granted there were violence, irregularities and other vices that could negatively affect the outcome of the election. But how does it affect only you?
I beleive it affect other contestants too. Lawyers must chop, so you may wish to go ahead and spend more money chasing a wild goose.
Mister shut up your mouth.were are those parrot mouthed ACN members,they have run tail betwen thier legs to hide thier shameful faces.umu anu ofia
Politrickcians, i dey laugh oooooo
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Mimiko is just one of d best in d land so he wil still win anytym.Is Akeredolu saying hundreds of thousand of pp dat were jubilating after d result was released didnt vote 4 Mimko? I ll employ him(Akeredolu) 2 congratulate him n stand by Mimiko in developing Ondo state,cause Ondo state belong 2 all of us.