APC rejects Ondo Assembly election results

The All Progressives Congress in Ondo State has rejected the House of Assembly election in the state, saying it did not reflect the wishes of the citizens of the state.

State chairman of the APC, Isaac Kekemeke, in a statement in Akure on Tuesday, said the results showed that the people of the state had been short-changed.

Kekemeke said that the party would challenge the results in court, promising that “every lawful means would be employed to retrieve the stolen mandates.”

He alleged that there was open inducement of voters and the use of thugs and intimidation before and during the elections.

“Never in the history of Ondo State has any election been fraught with as much brigandage, armed thugs, open inducement of voters before and during the election,” Kekemeke said.

He also noted that “the election witnessed ballot snatching and stuffing, open and shameless bribing of local election officials and ad hoc staff of the Independent National Electoral Commission, changing of election results , change of election venue and mass thumb printing.”