The leadership of the People Democratic Party (PDP) in the Southwest has called on the Inspector General of Police to probe the alleged compromise by the security personnel in the just concluded Ondo State governorship poll.

The party, in a statement issued at the end of the Southwest zonal exco meeting by the Publicity Secretary, Chief Sanya Atofarati expressed utter disappointment over the alleged poor conduct of the poll, alleging security agencies compromised the election.

The party regretted that despite high expectations that the governorship poll would be better organised and managed after the ‘poorly conducted Edo election’, the exercise was marred by noticeable lapses on the part of the INEC and the security agencies.

The party noted that despite the security agencies’ preparedness and assurance to provide a level playing ground for all the political parties, the security personnel posted to Ondo State for election were heavily compromised in favour of the APC.

It added that the governorship poll failed integrity tests and fell short of the global standard of credibility considering the widespread lapses including malfunction of the Biometric Voter’s Authentication System (BVAS) and delayed arrival of the election materials in PDP strongholds.
It appreciated the Ondo State Governor, Engr. Seyi Makinde and his Osun State counterpart, Ademola Adeleke for their immense contribution before, during, and after the election.

13 candidates accept election results

Meanwhile, despite the complaints by the leadership of the PDP leaders about the Ondo governorship election, 13 candidates who participated in the poll have accepted the outcome of the poll.
The 13 candidates also pledged to support Governor Lucky Aiyedatiwa in his quest to develop the state.

They spoke after they met with Governor Aiyedatiwa at the Alagbaka Government House.

The candidates were accompanied by State Chairmen of their various political parties.

They were from the Accord (A), Action Alliance (AA), Allied Peoples Movement (APM), New Nigeria People’s Party ( NNPP), All People’s Party (APP), African Democratic Party (ADP), African Democratic Congress (ADC), All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA), Labour Party (LP), Youth Party (YP), Young People’s Party (YPP), Boot Party (BP) and the Zenith Labour Party (ZLP).

In their various speeches, the candidates said they had put the election aside and accepted the outcome.

They said they were prepared to work with the governor for the development of the State.

On his part, Governor Aiyedatiwa thanked the candidates for pledging to support his administration.

Aiyedatiwa said it was a collective duty for everybody to contribute meaningfully towards the development of the State.

A Socio-Political group on Saturday demanded that Governor Ademola Adeleke should apologise to the leadership of the police and residents of the state for defending a murder suspect who engaged security operatives in a gun battle.

It will be recalled that an appointee of Adeleke, who is the head of Park Managers, Nurudeen Wakili was arrested but shot while attempting to escape from the police after a gun battle and ammunition were discovered in his car.

Reacting to the development, the group, Osun Progressives Youths (O-SPY), through its coordinator, Tunmise Ajiboye in a statement on Friday berated Adeleke’s stance about the incident.
He cautioned that, “Our governor must be wary of defending a suspect who was arrested with arms and ammunition who engaged in a gun battle before his arrest. Doing this will give residents the courage to bear one, hence anarchy has been invited by Osun number one citizen.”
He queried “How could one defend a murder suspect whose residents that the governor swore to protect had written several petitions against, over his threats and assaults on them?”

“We hereby urge Adeleke to apologize to police leadership and residents for defending the murder suspect, probably in error because he was his appointee.”

Meanwhile, Concerned Osun Civil Society Groups, led by Comrade Olanrewaju Stephen, berated police over the arrest and shooting of Alowonle, urging the IGP to probe the police team that carried out the operation.

Property worth millions of naira has been destroyed as a result of a fire incident that occurred at the Ladoke Akintola University of Technology (LAUTECH) Teaching Hospital, Ogbomoso, Oyo State.

The Nation gathered that the incident occurred in the early hours of Saturday.

The fire was said to have gutted the Emergency and Accident Unit of the hospital.

It was learnt that some office equipment, books, engines, electronic gadgets, roofs, and ceiling worth millions of naira were razed.

A source within the hospital said the fire outbreak started at about 5 am in a pediatrics consultant’s office caused by an electric spark.

The Nation also learnt that about 16 patients had to be quickly rushed out of the ward.

Meanwhile, the Public Relations Officer of the hospital, Omotayo Ogunleye who confirmed the incident however said that normalcy had returned to the hospital.

He said, “Yes it is true. It is a minor incident. But, normal activities have resumed in the hospital.