How I was Robbed of PDP Governorship Ticket, by Ogunbiyi

A gubernatorial aspirant on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Dr. Akin Ogunbiyi, has kicked against the conduct and outcome of the just concluded gubernatorial primaries for Osun State, claiming that the process was rigged.

In a petition to the Chairman, Gubernatorial Electoral Appeal Panel of the party in Abuja, Ogunbiyi rejected the outcome of the election based on what he described as obvious irregularities.

According to him, the grounds for his appeal include the noneligibility of Senator Nurudeen Ademola Adeleke to contest the primary having failed to meet the requirements as stipulated by Section 177 (D) of the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria 1999 (as amended).

His petition read in part: “Senator Adeleke submitted a document purported to be a testimonial as evidence that he was educated up to Senior Secondary certificate which is not suffice to meet the basic qualifications stipulated by the Constitution and the Electoral Act. The date of issue on the purported testimonial submitted by Adeleke was altered with pen; the Principal of Muslim Grammar School, Ede, Osun State, Mr. Khalid A. Abbas, who purportedly signed the testimonial had not been posted to the school in question as at the date indicated on the document and the Principal who purportedly issued the testimonial to Adeleke has denied ever issuing or signing it and the denial is very well on record.”

He stated further that “I hereby put Adeleke to the strictest proof of his eligibility and demand that he proves same to the contrary.

“The obvious implications of 1.1 to 1.6 above are that PDP will not have an eligible gubernatorial candidate in the forthcoming September 22, 2018, elections if Senator Adeleke is fielded.”