National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Sen. Abdullahi Adamu, on Sunday, claimed that he had not been briefed of the outcome of the Osun State governorship election from which the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) announced People’s Democratic Party (PDP) candidate, Sen. Ademola Adeleke as winner.
Sen. Adeleke had defeated the incumbent and APC candidate, Gboyega Oyetola in the weekend governorship election.
Recall that President Muhammadu Buhari had since congratulated the governor-elect. However, the National Secretariat of the APC had been silent on the outcome of the election.
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Speaking on Arise TV in a programme monitored in Lagos, Sen. Adamu said he was yet to be formally informed of the outcome of the Saturday election in the Southwest state.
According to the APC chairman, “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 election 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.”
Prodded further by the presenter that the national dailies were already awash with the outcome of the election, Sen. Adamu said he was yet to read the newspapers.
“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,” he said.
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He was also silent on the position of the party on the defeat of its candidate.
“I don’t like pre-empting my situation. You need to be patient. Since you got the result, wait for me too to receive it. You can get back to me and I will be willing to talk about it.
“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,” Abdullahi Adamu said.