Nigerian R&B singer turned politician Bankole Wellington popularly known in music circles as Banky W has insisted that he won the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, ticket to represent Eti-Osa federal constituency in Lagos State.
The aspirant of the PDP who was reacting to an an election result which surfaced on Thursday, claiming that he lost to his opponent Aiboni Sam said that the result was doctored.
The camp of Banky W in an interview with SaharaReporters stated that the election result showing Banky W lost is fake, and also alleged that the PDP primary election result sheet was allegedly maneuvered by his opponent, Aiboni Sam.
“Hello, please this result is false. We have spoken to almost all the leaders in the PDP. They are all working on it and have asked Banky to remain calm and allow them to sort it out. It appears that Sam allegedly was able to maneuver to get a result sheet in his favour, for an election that Banky Wellington won, which was witnessed by everyone.
“In attendance were officials from the INEC, DSS, former Deputy Governor of Lagos Mama Bucknor, National Delegate Captain Shelle, LGA Chairman Yusuf Arubiewe, the LGA Secretariat and the entire principal and adhoc Delegates from all of our wards.
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“In the meantime, we must get every single PDP member and delegate in Eti-Osa and Lagos state to speak up for the truth and for justice and for their mandate that is trying to be stolen from them. This must not stand,’’ Banky W’s camp said in part.
The reaction by the camp of Banky W came after activist and convener of Concerned Nigerians, Deji Adeyanju cursed the PDP for denying singer Banky W the House Of Representatives ticket as a result of their evil scheme.
The activist said this while sharing the final results from the Peoples Democratic Party’s primaries which shows that Banky W didn’t win the ticket.
According to Deji Adeyanju, all the party cares about is dollars.
“PDP is cursed. @BankyW didn’t get the ticket according to their latest evil scheme. All they care about is dollars.
Recall that Banky who contested for Eti-Osa constituency ticket was earlier declared winner of the primary election on May 23rd after defeating his opponent with over 25 votes.
However, recent pictures of the final result shows that he polled 7 votes and was defeated by Aiboni Sam who polled 23 votes.
