Senator Abdullahi Adamu, the national chairman of the All Progressives Congress, has pretended not to know the outcome of the governorship race in Osun State.
Ademola Adeleke, a candidate for the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), was proclaimed the victor of the election held across the state’s 30 local government areas on Saturday by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in the early hours of Sunday.
He received 403,371 votes, defeating APC governor Gboyega Oyetola, who received 375,027 votes.
Adamu, who made an appearance in a programme on Arise TV on Sunday, claimed he hadn’t officially heard INEC declare the outcome.
When asked about his opinion on the elections, he said: “With due respect, my dear brother, I am just really hearing this from you. I have not formally heard the announcement from INEC, which is the independent commission responsible for elections in Nigeria.
“I have not heard from them yet. Once I hear formally from INEC, I can be in a position to answer this particular question.
“Between me and you, I have not formally heard from INEC and I have not read the papers you are talking about. I do read some papers on my table before I have my breakfast but I haven’t done that today yet.
“Until I hear from INEC formally or my people in the control room confirm that it is the result, of course, I will abide by it. But hearing the result first from you is unacceptable. You are not INEC.”
