By Daniel Kanu
Assistant Politics Editor
The People’s Democratic Party (PDP) has advised all its members, particularly in Ekiti State, to keep calm and not to despair over Monday’s ruling of the Ekiti Governorship election tribunal in Abuja, which affirmed Kayode Fayemi as Governor of the state.
This was contained in a statement signed by the National Publicity Secretary and Director, Media & Publicity
PDP Presidential Campaign Organization, Kola Ologbondiyan on Monday.
The party said it was optimistic that the judgment of the tribunal would surely be overturned at the Court of Appeal and victory handed to the PDP and its candidate, Olusola Eleka, the clear winner of the July 14, 2018 Ekiti governorship election.
The PDP said that the Court of Appeal would consider the matter strictly on its merit particularly with the abounding evidence of rigging including violence, vote-buying, ballot stuffing and alteration of results perpetuated by the APC still intact.
“Though the judiciary is passing through a trying time under the dictatorial tendencies of the Buhari Presidency, the PDP urges the Lord Justices to stand for justice by restoring the mandate freely given to the PDP candidate, Olusola Eleka, at the July 14, 2018 governorship election in Ekiti state”, The statement noted.
The PDP noted further that the entire nation and the international community had widely condemned the manipulation that marred the Ekiti governorship election and strongly believe that justice would prevail at the end of the day.
