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Osun Governorship Tribunal: PDP Hails Adeleke’s Victory

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The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), has hailed the verdict of an election tribunal in Osun, which upturned the governorship election results in favour of its candidate, Senator Ademola Adeleke on Friday.

In a statement by its spokesman, Kola Ologbondiyan, the party described the verdict of the tribunal as a victory for democracy.

“The judgment is a clear indicator that those who set out to destroy our democracy can never triumph and that no matter how evil and injustice appear to thrive, the truth must always prevail at the end of the day,” the party said.

The PDP further stated that “Nigerians have accepted democracy as a way of life and a form of government that suits the multi-plurality of our nation.

“The spontaneous jubilation that greeted this judgment is therefore a direct indication that it is in consonant with the wishes and aspiration of Nigerians across the board.

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“For those who have been desperate to destroy our democracy, this judgment has proven to them that their shenanigans will always come to no avail.

“The PDP commends the judiciary for standing upright in the defence of democracy and for ensuring that those involved in the rapacious desecration of our democratic norms will never succeed.

“This verdict, which reverberates across our nation, points to the fact that the truth will always prevail and that our party, the PDP, will recover all our stolen mandates in the 2019 general elections, particularly, the Presidential mandate, which Nigerians freely gave to our candidate, Atiku Abubakar.

“Furthermore, all our candidates who have already won their elections, but whose victories are being manipulated by anti-democratic forces, must take solace in the words of the Osun election petition panel, that once valid votes have been declared and a winner emerges by majority of votes, a rerun is illegal.”

The PDP congratulated Senator Adeleke, the people of Osun state and all lovers of democracy across the country for what the party termed “the triumph of justice over impunity, abuse of electoral processes and unfettered political rascality”.