Cincinnati, OH - FC Cincinnati mascot Gary The Lion reached out to his online mob of FC Cincinnati fans imploring them to, “Stand Back and Stand By,” as he reportedly disputed the recent vote for the Nordecke Board.

“The election was rigged,” stated Gary The Lion as he blasted the Nordecke for, “violating the spirit of free elections.”

The Nordecke, reportedly, was informed that there was a dispute of the recent election as Gary The Lion took to Twitter to blast the group for being weak on integrity.

“Do Nothing Nordecke has again shown their inability to conduct a free and fair election,” stated Gary The Lion. “My sworn electors will soon be on site at online polling locations to establish that I did, in fact, win the election.”

Sources say that the internal conflict comes from the fact that Gary The Lion could not perform his duties as a Crew fan representative while also being the mascot of their rivals FC Cincinnati. However, Gary the Lion blasted this rumor as, “planted by the Crew faithful who can’t see that Cincinnati is the greatest city in Ohio.”

For his part, Gary the Lion stated that his long term goal is to, “completely dismantle the Nordecke and all fan groups in Columbus leading to the utter anhiliation of the supporters groups and fan groups there for the rest of their life.”

Some in Columbus indicate that they are on the side of the FC Cincinnati mascot as they stated, anonymously, “As a lifelong Crew fan and a Nordecke skeptic after the capogate scandal, I think Gary has some good points. I don’t agree with his comments regarding the utter annihilation of Crew Supporters as one myself, but I voted for him because he promised to make Columbus great again by eliminating all of us.”

The Nutmeg News will have more on this as pundits claim that the current Nordecke board is far too old to be as effective as Gary would be in running the Nordecke into the ground.