Barely three weeks after the Ondo State Governorship Election, the Peoples Democratic Party’s candidate in the election, Mr Eyitayo Jegede, has approached the election petition tribunal to challenge the results of the poll.
The Independent National Electoral Commission had declared the candidate of the All Progressives Congress, Governor Rotimi Akeredolu, as the winner of the election, having scored the highest number of the total votes cast in the election.
According to INEC, Akeredolu defeated Jegede and the candidates of other political parties in the poll.
Having studied the results and not satisfied, the PDP candidate, however, headed to the tribunal to challenge the results on Friday .
The state Publicity Secretary of the PDP, Mr Kennedy Peretei, confirmed the development to The PUNCH.
Ondo election: Jegede files petition against Akeredolu’s victory
By Osagie Otabor, Akure
Candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the October 10 governorship election in Ondo State, Eyitayo Jegede, has filed petition at the tribunal challenging the victory of Governor Oluwarotimi Akeredolu.
Governor Akeredolu won in 15 out of the 18 local government areas to lead Jegede with a wide margin at the polls.
Other defendants in the petition are; the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) the All Progressives Congress and the Deputy Govenor- elect, Lucky Aiyedatiwa.
Among the grounds on which the election is being challenged include; that it was marred by irregularities and pockets of violence and intimidation.
Jegede also faulted the emergence of Akeredolu during Party’s primaries.
He is also asking the tribunal to declare him winner of the election.

By Peter Dada