Governor Ademola Adeleke of Osun state has expressed solidarity with Governor Ahmadu Fintiri while describing recent developments in Adamawa state as ‘a serious threat to our nascent democracy’.
Governor Ahmadu Fintiri of Adamawa state is seeking re-election and he was the PDP gubernatorial candidate in the gubernatorial election held on March 18 2023 and the supplementary governorship election held during the weekend.
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In a statement made available to Team@orientactualmags.com by his Spokesman/Special Adviser, Mr Olawale Rasheed on Tuesday, Governor Adeleke expressed shock at what he called ‘undemocratic drama’ staged in the state and described the attempt to truncate collation of results and announce the person he called the ‘real winner’ as ‘a direct assault on electoral democracy’ which should never be allowed to stand.
‘I stand by democracy, rule of law and due process as stipulated by the constitution and the Electoral Act. We oppose any shenanigans to tamper with the will of Adamawa people who have the inalienable rights to choose their leader.
Democracy is premised on people’s choice freely expressed through the ballot. That process has now been standardized and rig-proved with BVAS machines which further strengthened safety of voters’ choice. We stand by the Constitution and the Electoral Act’ he said .
The statement however commended the swift intervention of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) which nullified the illegal declaration of a candidate as winner before the conclusion of collation of votes.
‘I hail INEC’s intervention. The Commission did well to have acted to save the day. I however call on the Commission to speed up the collation process . Any further delay may strengthen the hand of those who want to suppress the will of the people.
INEC should fast- track the collation and announce the real winner only that route can salvage the serious challenges facing our democracy. We must join hands to stop erosion of democratic practices and values’ the statement added-Team@orientactualmags.com Do you have any information you wish to share with us? Do you want us to cover your event or programme? Kindly send SMS to 08059100286, 09094171980. Thank you
