The party, which is yet to recover from the sacking of the former governor of the state, Mr. Segun Oni, by the Court of Appeal sitting in Ilorin on Friday, said the ruling was unfortunate because Ekiti was considered as one of the party’s strongholds.
According to the National Publicity Secretary of the party, Prof. Rufai Alkalli, who spoke with our correspondent on the matter, it was unfortunate that the appellate court sacked Oni.
He appealed to members of the party in the state not to despair as the PDP would still win governorship election in the state.
He said, ”The Peoples Democratic Party received with rude shock, the judgement of the Appeal Court, Ilorin Division which nullified the election of Governor Segun Oni, while declaring his Action Congress of Nigeria opponent as Governor of Ekiti State.
“The Peoples Democratic Party is shocked principally because Ekiti State is one of its strongholds. We flashback that at the last year‘s rerun governorship election, our great party reaffirmed our superiority as well as popularity with the people of Ekiti State.
”Though pyrrhic, the PDP decisively won the election. Our victory was subsequently re-affirmed by the Ekiti State Governorship Election Tribunal that upheld the re-election of Governor Oni.
”Sadly, the learned justices of the Appeal Court, Ilorin Division, thought otherwise. As a law abiding political party with firm belief in the rule of law, we accept this judgement.
“However, we urge all our members in the state to remain strong and not be down-spirited by this new development as the PDP will surely take back Ekiti in the next governorship election.”
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