FORMER president,Chief OlusegunObasanjo, has lambasted the Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) over its reaction to the Peoples Democratic Party's (PDP's) victory at the gubernatorial election in Kogi State.Apparently reacting to the ACN's claim that the PDP victory was a scientific rigging, the former president, while speaking with newsmen in Abeokuta, on Wednesday, said that the ACN would always find excuses when defeated.'They will always come up with excuses when PDP pounced on them, but unfortunately, they do not ascribe any name to the local government elections in Lagos State,' he said.He explained that the ACN victory during the local government elections in Lagos State should be called 'unscientific.'The former president, who attributed the success of the PDP at the poll to the success recorded by the party during the tenure of the out-going governor, Ibrahim Idris, said the people voted for the PDP.'The people, according to reports I got, came out to vote for the PDP, because they believed in us and I want to thank the people of Kogi State for voting PDP,' he said.He assured the people of the state that the PDP governor-elect would not disappoint them, saying, 'I know Wada. He is my son. He will surely perform beyond expectations, because he would not want to betray the trust voters have in him.'Moreover, he will want to surpass the achievements recorded by the outgoing governor, who had done tremendously,' Obasanjo said.He said that the outcome of the governorship election in Kogi State was the wish of the people of the state, and urged opposition parties contesting the outcomes of the election to accept them in good fate.It will be recalled that the PDP candidate, Captain Idris Wada (retd), emerged the winner of the election held last Saturday.He defeated the candidate of the ACN, Prince Abubakar Audu, by over 60 per cent of total valid votes.'You see, there is no way you can take wishes and aspiration of the people away in a free and fair election. And that was what actually happened in Kogo State on Saturday. It is a result the opposition should take and accept in good stride,' he added.
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