The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has warned the All Progressives Congress (APC), to refrain from any plans of rigging as the governorship elections approach in Imo, Bayelsa, and Kogi States on November 11.
In a statement by the National Publicity Secretary of the PDP, Debo Ologunagba, the party asserted that they have mobilized the populace in the three states to legally safeguard their votes.
Ologunagba restated that the PDP will never allow anybody, no matter how highly placed, to manipulate the electoral process in the governorship election in Imo, Kogi, and Bayelsa States.
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He declared that anybody who attempts to manipulate the election will have to deal with the legitimate wrath of the people, cautioning Governor Hope Uzodimma of Imo State and Yahaya Bello of Kogi State to accept the decision of the people.
The PDP publicity scribe also said that all indices from several entrance polls indicated that the party’s candidates are leading and will sweep the governorship election in the three states.
Ologunagba warned that any electoral trajectory that does not reflect the clear tide of the will of the people at the polling units will be firmly resisted.
The statement read, “Meanwhile, the PDP cautions that the delay by the Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, to redeploy the Imo State Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC), Prof. Sylvia Agu, is heightening tension and capable of pushing the people to resort to self-help.
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“We are in a democracy and INEC must respect the wishes and aspirations of the people and stakeholders in the electoral process. The people of Imo State have spoken clearly in demanding that Prof. Agu must not participate in any capacity whatsoever in the November 11, 2023 governorship election in Imo State, given her antecedents in favoring the APC in previous elections.
“The PDP is marching to victory with the people of Bayelsa, Kogi, and Imo States notwithstanding the antics of the APC.”