The Action Congress of Nigeria has said it would soon take a position soon on the declaration of Dr. Olusegun Rahman Mimiko as the winner of the Ondo State governorship election.
The ACN, in a statement signed by its National Chairman, Chief Bisi Akande, said it was still studying the details of the results of the election before taking a final position.
Akande said despite the fact that the party acknowledges the right of the people to choose who rules them, there was the need for the process that produces leaders to be transparent and credible.
Akande said there were glaring shortcomings in the process that threw up Mimiko.
He said in the statement: “I have just been told the final results of the Ondo State governorship election.
“As a party of democrats, we in the Action Congress of Nigeria have always known that the choice of who governs has always been that of the people in situations where the electoral process is transparent and credible.
“Therefore, all politicians worthy of their salt must always expect victory or defeat.
“We recognize that it is the sovereign right of the people to decide what kind of government they want.
“This is the challenge of democracy.
“Our party believes that there was and still is need for change in Ondo State.
“Thus, our party will study carefully the general details of the results with a view to taking a final position.”
Akande praised the candidate of the party for the election, Barrister Rotimi Akeredolu, saying the ACN remains proud of him.
He said of Akeredolu, who came third after the candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, Barrister Olusola Oke: “Our party has always been and remains proud of our candidate, Mr. Oluwarotimi Akeredolu, SAN, and this election has reinforced our confidence in his ability to lead and stimulate life back into the Action Congress of Nigeria in Ondo State.
“Through him, our party will continue to express gratitude to the leadership and general members of our party and to the electorate of Ondo State in general.
“We are glad that they performed that brilliantly in spite of many challenges, glaring lapses in the system and institutional inefficiency in the conduct of Ondo State governorship election.”
Akande added: “”I must congratulate our teeming members in Ondo state for their hard work at resuscitating the party and putting it in a position of reckoning in such a short time.
“Our party will continue this post mortem analysis of the lapses in all the institutions involved in the conduct of the Ondo election.”
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