Ogun State Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) gubernatorial candidate, Gboyega Isiaka, has said that the resolve to challenge the results of the April 11 gubernatorial poll in the state was borne out of the need to defend the people's wish expressed in the election. As stated by Isiaka, he approached the election petitions tribunal in view of the gross manipulations of the electoral process in the state. Hecontended that the poll result, as declared by Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, was not a true reflection of the people's wish. INEC had returned APC candidate, Governor Ibikunle Amosun, as winner of the election. Speaking in Ado Ekiti at the weekend after a meeting of the South West leaders of the party in Ado Ekiti, the Ekiti State capital, Isiaka said: “I feel this is not the mandate given by the people of Ogun State. So, I as an individual cannot allow it go like that. So, we must stand up to defend the position of Ogun people in the election. “Naturally, once you take a case to the tribunal, you need to be careful about what you say in public. But I think the general thing is that there is gross manipulation of the election. “We have done our own findings in this regard and we have come to the conclusion that we are not going to allow the electoral fraud to stand. “There were a lot of cases of people using all manners of Permanent Voter Cards, PVCs, from various sources, which I am sure they will explain at the tribunal. And so many other things that are contrary to the Electoral Act.” Isiaka said that his party at all levels was finding solutions to the issues that led to its poor outing in the general election including the loss of the Presidency, expressing hope that some defected members of the party would return to rebuild the party.
