PDP hails NOI Poll on Ekiti guber election

People’s Democratic Party (PDP) has hailed the result of the independent public poll conducted by the NOI Polls, which predicted the victory of party’s candidate in the Ekiti July 14 governorship election, Kolapo Olusola, over his All Progressives Congress’ (APC) standard bearer, John Kayode Fayemi.

This comes as PDP has cautioned APC against rigging the July 14 exercise.

A statement on Tuesday by Kola Ologbondiyan, PDP national publicity secretary, noted that the APC candidate had since been rejected by the people of Ekiti State.

In the poll conducted by NOI, Olusola had garnered 34 percent of the results as against Fayemi’s 26 percent.

Also, Segun Adewale of ADP and Tunde Afe of ANRP polled 7 and 6 percent, respectively.

In the statement, Ologbondiyan stated that: “Indeed, the PDP is not surprised at the outcome of the polls conducted by one of the leading, impartial country-specific and research-based polling bodies in Africa, as such represents the natural response by the people to the sterling performance of Governor Ayo Fayose as well as the popularity of the PDP candidate.

“It is instructive that the poll reflected the fact that the PDP candidate enjoys overwhelming support across the three senatorial districts while leading in goodwill among the broader voting demography cutting across all age and gender categories across the state with a significant 8-point margin against Fayemi.

“While congratulating Olusola, the PDP notes that even without the poll, the APC and its candidate, who had been rejected by the people, are aware that they have no stand in the election, hence their desperate resort to various clandestine schemes to rig the election”.

“The PDP warns the APC to respect the will of the people and desist from its plots to use compromised INEC and security officials to manipulate the election, as such will attract the legitimate wrath of the people against them”.

“The APC must however note that people of Ekiti State are at alert and ready to resist any attempt by anybody whatsoever to subvert their will at this election even as we restate our resolve with the people to ensure that in this election, only the wishes and aspirations of the people prevail.”