Peoples Democratic Party PDP governorship candidate in Lagos State Dr Abdul-Azeez Adediran popularly known as Jandor has rejected the result of last Saturday gubernatorial election, describing it as shocking and not a reflection of the worth of the party.
Adediran, who reacted to the outcome of the polls at a news conference yesterday at his campaign office in Ikeja, vowed to pursue the process to right the wrongs to the end before he would let out his next step of action.
He said an election was not an event but a process, adding that the residents of the state had not seen the last of the Saturday’s poll as he was ready to follow the process till the end.
According to him, “It is so sad to see some leaders trying to force themselves on people.
“We need to let everyone know that Saturday’s election was the end of another process (in INEC timetable for the 2023 elections) and the process continues.
“We will know what action to take when we see the end of this process. We have not seen the last of it. Yes, a supposed winner has been declared but the election is a process not an event.
“So, we will see this to the end before we begin to say what decision we are taking as a party.
“We went into this election against all principalities in Lagos State. We ran this election against INEC, the Police, the APC and as a matter of fact, we ran against some of our leaders within the PDP.
“We feel so proud that as lone rangers, we were able to stand on our feet and put up a good fight to set Lagos free.”
Highlighting some flaws in the process, Adediran said that the Saturday’s election became like a war, adding that majority of the PDP agents and those of other opposition political parties were chased away from collation centres.
He said: “Everybody in Lagos saw what happened and knew what happened on the street of Lagos.
“There was voters’ suppression everywhere, intimidation, harassment, violence, some people were killed while several others were harmed in the process of trying to express or exercise their franchise.
“For us, we know that the election was already predetermined because before the election, we tried everything to ensure we brought all threats and compromises to the notice of the security formations in Lagos.
JANDOR said some of the INEC Bimodal Voter Accreditation System (BVAS) used for the polls already contained a number of accredited voters before getting to the polling units among other infractions.
“We have cases of this in Ikoyi and Lagos West. We caught a few and asked the INEC officials to clear them before the election but this shows that a lot happened unnoticed. Figures were allocated at the end of the day.
“We have collected enough evidence to enter into the next process. The process is ongoing and we are going to follow it to the letter,” he said.
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