-Election didn’t take place in 15 of the 18 LGs according to INEC — Ibrahim 

By: Ade Phillips

The outcome of the All Progressives Congress (APC) primary election in Ondo State has taken another dimension on Tuesday, as an Aspirant in the just concluded contest, Sen. Jimoh Ibrahim has handed over report discrediting the election to journalists.

Jimoh, who is the Senator representing Ondo South Senatorial District, described the election as a mega fraud.

Jimoh remarked the election and also distributed the report during a Press Conference held in at the National Assembly in Abuja, the nation’s capital.

He also queried the electoral process of the said primary, which announced the incumbent Governor, Hon. Lucky Orimisan Aiyedatiwa as winner, while all indicators, including the reports of the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, 14 aspirants and large percentage of party members pointed to the fact that there was no election held across the 203 wards of Ondo State on the April 20, 2024.

Senator Jimoh Ibrahim, while distributing certified true copies of the INEC reports, noted that INEC officials who were billed to monitor the exercise concluded that election didn’t take place in 15 of the 18 local government areas of Ondo State, which amounted to over 80 percent of the expected total votes.

He challenged the Kogi State Governor, Usman Ododo who was the chairman of the election committee, his secretary, Sen. Over Omo-Agege to come forward with proof of election conducted on April 20, 2024, including the video evidence where any of the aspirants voted in their respective wards, including Governor Lucky Aiyedatiwa who was declared winner.

The Senator dismissed the idea of settlement with the party top hierarchy or obeying doctrine of party supremacy to negotiate and settle the rancour about the outcome of the primary.

He stressed that; “I am already in court with the determination to pursue the case to a logical conclusion at the Supreme Court. I have exhausted all the internal party mechanisms for political settlement, including written a petition to the Appeal Committee set up by the party, and also wrote to the National Working Committee, NWC the highest decision making of the party, all to no avail.

“Therefore, I am at liberty to approach the court of law for judicial solutions”, the outspoken Senator said.