PDP Rejects Lagos Governorship Result

The people's Democratic Party, PDP has rejected the result by Independent National Electoral Commission,INEC declaring Akinwunmi Ambde as winner of the governorship election in Lagos State , on the ground of what it called ''the controversial'' circumstances within which the election was conducted.

In a statement issued by the Lagos State chapter of PDP legal adviser, Mr. Adeleke Adefala today, he said that areas where the APC won, card readers were manipulated. It reads;

I, on behalf of our governorship candidate, the state assembly candidates and the People's Democratic Party in Lagos State, write to bring to your attention the following issues for immediate attention and resolution. Our candidates have brought to our attention that contrary to electoral rules and gu8idelines, the newly introduced card readers were not used in the following local governments: Epe, Badagry, Mushin, Ikorodu, Eti-Osa, Alimjosho, Ikeja, Ibeju-lekki, Lagos Island and some parts of other Local governments.
''This amounted to no proper accreditation of voters and a denouncement of the sanctity of the votin process. There were numerous complaints of front and uploading of the card readers with fictitous names before commencement of accreditation in areas where card readers were used such as Lagos Island, Ikorod, Kosofe, Lagos Mainland and Badagry. We hereby demand the suspension of the collation and release of the results pending investigation into our complaints''.

Earlier, INEC revealed that out of 20 local governments area in Lagos, Ambode won 15 while Abgaje won 5. Figures showed that Ambode got 811,994 votes and Agbaje got 659, 788 votes.