Hours after the Independent Electoral Commission declared Senator Ademola Adeleke as the winner of the Osun State governorship election, Chairman of the runners-up All Progressives Congress, Abdullahi Adamu, has said he does not yet know the result of the poll.
He said INEC had yet to formally made the announcement.
It is is first reaction to the the development even as he said he had yet to speak with the party’s candidate, Adegboyega Oyetola.
He said it was the reason he could not yet say what step the party would take next.
Speaking on ‘Arise TV’, he insisted: “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.
“Between you and me, 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.
“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.”
