Hundreds of supporters of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) on Monday stormed the headquarters of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to protest against the state rerun governorship election ordered by the commission.
The protesters carried placards with various inscriptions such as “No To rerun, “INEC don’t conspire with APC”; “The people spoke on Saturday, announce the results ” among others.
The protesters berated the INEC for not declaring Senator Ademola Adeleke the winner of the poll having scored the highest number of votes in the poll.
They said the people of the state had spoken and that majority of the voters wanted Adeleke as the state governor and that the people’s wish should be respected.
Meanwhile, the President of the Senate, Senator Bukola Saraki, has visited the Social Democratic Party (SDP) governorship candidate in Osun State, Senator Iyiola Omisore, to plead with him to support the PDP in the rerun election holding on Thursday.
Some of the polling units where the rerun election will be held include Ife North and Ife South, where Omisore is popular.
Speaking with journalists after the visit, Saraki said he was confident that Senator Ademola Adeleke would win the rerun poll and become the governor of the state.
Dr Doyin Okupe, Senator Abiodun Olujimi and other PDP leaders were in the entourage of the Senate President during the visit to Omisore, who left the PDP following a protracted crisis over his governorship ambition .
