PRESS RELEASE: Ondo Council Poll: Thank You Ondo State People - APC

As the whole world is aware, the council poll, organised by the PDP and its Government was held today in Ondo State. As a party that treasures the rule of law and democracy, we of the APC advised the State governor against any act that will promote unconstitutionality, and award prodigal space to perfidy. We did all of that to demonstrate the avowed commitment of APC in the State to constitutionality, democracy andthe rule of law – the foundation of participatory democracy.


When it was clear to our party that the PDP and its government will not be dissuaded from the path of unconstitutionality and their determination to waste the meagre resources of the tax payers on the said puerile council election, we made it known to the good citizens of Ondo State that the APC will not participate in the charade called council poll. Based on our conviction that the people of Ondo State will always thread the path of constitutionality, we appealed to then to stay away from wastage. Today, our party is vindicated. This is evident in the absolute concurrence of the people with our plea, that they should stay away from the poll. The people demonstrated clearly and unequivocally that no-one can pull any wool over thier eyes. With this boycott by the people, they have announced their rejection of the polls, the government and the government party. We will not however, be surprised with phoney figures of participation by the ODIEC just to cover this shame.
We wish to therefore, first thank the good people of Ondo State for heeding the plea of the APC. They did not only stay away from thier respective polling units, they left the entire exercise to the remnants of PDP members in the State. We also thank the SDP, the CNPP, other parties and the progressives still in the PDP who choose not to support illegality and flagrant rape on the electoral law and guidelines. They did that in protest against thier informed knowledge that the government was merely set to waste our collective resources and was definitely on an ego trip.
As the leading opposition party in Ondo State, it is our duty to ask question especially on major activities of the government. We wish to ask from the PDP and its government, how much the State government spent on the council election?

Is it true that #6.206billion was earmarked for the election? How much of the fund has gone to private pockets and how much is being reserved for the gubernatorial election in November 2016?
Once again, I on behalf of the the State executive, leadership and members of APC in Ondo State thank the people of Ondo State for rejecting PDP and its government today.

The time for change is ripe in Ondo State and we promise not to disappoint.
Ajo se wa, ko ni baje oo.

Hon. D. l. Kekemeke
Chairman.