April 23, (THEWILL) – The All Progressives Congress (APC), in Ogun state, has urged the candidate of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Hon. Ladi Adebutu, in the 2023 gubernatorial election, to stop bullying the judiciary and cyber-stalking Governor Dapo Abiodun’s administration.
Recall Adebutu lost the election to Abiodun with a 13,915 votes margin in the March 18 gubernatorial poll.
Not satisfied, Adebutu decided to head to the tribunal to challenge Abiodun’s victory, insisting that his petition would succeed at the Election Petition Tribunal.
The APC, while reacting to the PDP’s governorship candidate through its spokesperson, Tunde Oladunjoye, described the petition as wobbly, urging Adebutu and his party members to allow justice to take its course.
“Having submitted their wobbly petition, the PDP and its loquacious candidate should allow justice to take its course.
“You cannot be a petitioner and judge at the same time. Election petition is not won on the social media”, Oladunjoye said.
The party, in the press statement titled, “If wishes were horses, losers will win”, said, “Adebutu’s persistent bullying of the judiciary, peddling of lies against the government and inciting the citizens, is the worst version of what defective petitioners do to give non-existent hope to gullible followers to keep them in check and securely warehoused.”
APC described Adebutu’s appeal to pity as a devious tactic, saying that the PDP candidate was raising fear where there was none, by alleging that some civil servants were being victimised because of their voting preferences.
It pointing out that Adebutu’s hallucinations and bloated sense of self-worth is hinged on the supposed power of his pre-packaged N10,000-ATM cards that he felt must give him victory, Oladunjoye wondered how Governor Dapo Abiodun could have punished any voters when voting was done in secret.
The party challenged Adebutu to show how and when Governor Abiodun assumed supernatural powers to identify those who voted for him and those who did not.
“To the contrary, the Ogun workers have directly and through their unions have been expressing joy on the victory of Prince Dapo Abiodun at the polls, while many have paid congratulatory visits to the governor. Many other unions, professional associations and groups have written to felicitate the governor and requested for visitation.
“It is indeed funny that a gubernatorial candidate credibly accused of violation of the Electoral Act through documented and unprecedented vote buying is not content with submitting a flawed petition to the Election Petitions Tribunal, but is taking actions that are clearly subjudice; loading the public space with videos purveying vile propaganda.
“The petition they are hyping is nothing but foul smoke that will be blown away with the wind. They fantasised about votes to be deducted from APC votes! This is laughable. They have been deceived by rookie statisticians who came up with all manner of strange allegations, expecting their one-winged petition to fly.
“The decent thing to do is for Adebutu to refrain from propaganda. Bullying the judiciary and concocting lies against the performing and people-oriented administration of Prince Dapo Abiodun will not make him to be governor. If Adebutu is so sure of his roughly packaged petition, he should wait for our lawyers at the Tribunal, instead of thinking pigs might fly!” It noted.
