President Jonathan Congratulate Gov.Mimiko on his re election as ACN vow to scrutinize election result

President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan has congratulated Governor Olusegun Mimiko on his declaration by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) as the winner of yesterday’s governorship election in Ondo State.

In a statement by the Special Adviser, Media and Publicity, Dr Reuben Abati, on Sunday, October 21, President Jonathan also commended the dutiful, patriotic and law-abiding electorate of Ondo State as well as the INEC personnel and security agencies who ensured that the elections were peacefully and successfully conducted in keeping with his Administration’s commitment to making elections in Nigeria progressively better organised and more credible.

As Governor Mimiko looks forward to the commencement of his second term in Office, the President urged him to be prepared to work even harder to justify the fresh mandate given to him by the people of Ondo state who voted for his re-election on Saturday.

President Jonathan assured Dr. Mimiko that the Federal Government will continue to engage constructively and positively with the Ondo State Government in collaborative efforts to achieve faster socio-economic development and better living conditions for people in the state and all other parts of Nigeria.

He wished Dr. Mimiko a very successful second term as Governor of Ondo Stat

Meanwhile the Action Congress Party (ACN) has warned that it will further scrutinize the outcome of the just concluded governorship election in Ondo state where the candidate of the Labour Party, Olusegun Mimiko, was declared winner.
In a statement signed by the national chairman of the party, Chief Bisi Akande, the party said “, our party will study carefully the general details of the results with a view to taking a final position”.
The statement however maintained that “Our party believes that there was and still is need for change in Ondo State”.
Akande thanked the leadership of the party and general members of the state for their “brilliant performance” in spite of “many challenges glaring lapses in the system and institutional inefficiency in the conduct of Ondo state governorship election”.
He further said “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”.
“Our party will continue this post mortem analysis of the lapses in all the institutions involved in the conduct of the Ondo election