The Governorship candidate of the Social Democratic Party (SDP), Olorogun Kenneth Gbagi, has challenged the results that led to the victory of Sherriff Oborovwore, the candidate of the People’s Democratic Party and governor-elect in the just concluded gubernatorial election in Delta State.
He said at first, everyone who stands to contest with him is not qualified to contest the election.
Olorogun Gbagi made this known after submitting his petition before the Election Tribunal in Asaba, the Delta State capital on Thursday.
The SDP Candidate who was so optimistic about the petition said if someone was to gain admission into a secondary school, he will need a qualification from primary six before he can fully gain such admission but when such persons fake his result, it means such persons are not qualified.
While faulting the credibility of the election, Gbagi said there are a lot of malpractices, vote buying, food being cooked for people, and wrappers being bought for them among other irregularities that transpired during the election, adding that these are what the Electoral Act spells out as crime.
“I believe my petition has encompassed all of that and I believe strongly that the judiciary will do justice,” Gbagi said.
He also alleged that the election results were manipulated and allocated because those numbers are not realistic with INEC. According to him, declaring results which have nothing to do with the BVAS is wrong as those results are deemed to be canceled.
The former Education Minister said it will not be like business as usual stating that he already prepared and plan himself before embarking on the governorship race as he will not accept what is not a reality.
“We have lived in the law of deceit for too long, Delta State needs a renewed atmosphere and an honest character,” he added.
Also speaking is Magaji Mato Ibrahim, SAN, the counsel to Olorogun Gbagi, who said they are maintaining three basic grounds which he claimed that all the other political parties and their candidates are not qualified to contest the election.
He said the election is not conducted in line with the Electoral Act and other statutory positions of the law.
The counsel also said the election was marred with rigging and other electoral malpractice adding that the three grounds are highly pleaded and adequately provided with facts and concrete evidence to justify the course.
“As a lawyer, I believe the judiciary is the last hope of the common man where justice can be served based on the petition,” the counsel added.
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