Labour Social gathering gained 2023 governorship, presidential elections in Delta – Ajufo

A member of the Obidient Elders Council and Labour Social gathering chieftain in Delta State, Delly Ajufo, has mentioned that the occasion really gained each the presidential and governorship elections within the state in 2023.

Outcomes declared by the Unbiased Nationwide Electoral Fee, INEC, for the presidential election indicated that the All Progressives Congress (APC) scored 45,074 votes, LP 160,123, the New Nigerian Peoples Social gathering, NNPP, 1,118 votes, and the Peoples Democratic Social gathering, PDP, 67,567 votes.

When collation was accomplished for the governorship election within the state on March 20, INEC declared the PDP because the victor, with official totals exhibiting 360,000 votes for the occasion. The APC got here second with round 240,000 votes, whereas the Labour Social gathering scored simply over 48,000 votes.

Talking on Come up Information, Ajufo mentioned, “The tsunami that greeted the presidential election in Delta State was unprecedented for Labour Social gathering, and a few of us, together with myself, had been provided humongous sums of cash, one thing I’ve by no means seen in my life, to help the ruling occasion, the PDP. I rejected it on precept, and throughout the collation, our folks had been totally brutalized.

“We now have figures to point out that in Delta State, Labour Social gathering gained the election at each the governorship and presidential ranges. It was additionally attested to by the previous deputy Chairman of APC South South throughout his interview or dialogue with Dr. Pat Utomi not too long ago on the radio station. So this concept of allotting numbers to political events, we accepted it as a result of we weren’t prepared for it. We didn’t count on the sort of shenanigans that went on throughout the election. We’re higher ready now.”

On latest defections of politicians in Delta State, he added, “Yeah, that’s what I’m saying principally. We now have harlots of Jericho in Delta State—harlots of Jericho, individuals who will use their positions to ask foreigners to invade them and occupy the territory. However we all know higher. They’re defending their loot.

“Delta State, over the previous few years of democracy, has been bedeviled by inept management. Everyone knows it, and we’ve been crying out. Sadly, we’ve a state of affairs the place there’s starvation within the land, and it has been weaponized.

“We try as a lot as attainable to let the folks know that regardless of these defections, their lot is not going to be higher in the event that they hold following these characters that I name harlots of Jericho. It’s not going to have an effect on something.

“There can be a severe implosion [in the APC]. Have a look at the characters which have defected for private curiosity, all of them, with out exception.

“When you speak about Delta North, will probably be worse, as a result of these defecting are all gone for a similar positions. I ponder the way it’s going to pan out.

“So allow them to go. We’re ready for them. It’s not going to have an effect on something.”