Following the declaration of the governorship elections in some states as inconclusive, the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has accused the Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, of overtly playing the script of the All Progressives Congress, APC, led government.
The PDP in a press statement signed by its Spokesman Kola Ologbondiyan said Buhari’s Presidency and the APC are using INEC to declare governorship elections in states where the PDP is in clear lead as inconclusive.
The Party insisted that INEC, under Prof. Yakubu has become overtly partisan, surrendering its independence to the APC and carring on as a compromised umpire with obnoxious impunity.
The PDP said the commission’s actions in the general elections have sent signals that it had been heavily bribed by the APC to alter results for its candidates.
The PDP said it had full intelligence of how INEC is acting on instructions from the Buhari Presidency and the APC in orchestrating unwholesome situations and declaring already concluded governorship elections in Sokoto, Adamawa, Bauchi, Plateau as well as other states as inconclusive, immediately it becomes obvious that the PDP was set to win.
“This also informs the foisting of unexplainable stoppage and delays in the announcement of already collated results in other states where the PDP is clearly leading the race, from the results so far declared at the polling units.
“Our party has also been informed of how INEC is now seeking ways to use the situation to aid the APC to alter the results and announce APC candidates as winners in the elections clearly led by the PDP just as it did in the 2018 Osun State governorship election.
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“In some of the states like Rivers, the PDP has information of plots by APC to leverage on the declaration by INEC to unleash more violence in the state and push for isolated election where they can bring in more security forces to concentrate on forcefully taking over the state.
“Already, in Rivers State, INEC is under heavy pressure from the Director General of the Buhari Campaign Organization and Minister of Transport, Rotimi Amaechi, to post out and replace the State Resident Electoral Commissioner, REC, as well as the Administrative Secretary.
“This will be totally unacceptable, completely provocative and shall be firmly resisted by the people even if the totality of our nation’s security is deployed to Rivers State.
The PDP therefore cautioned Prof. Yakubu and INEC to perish the thoughts of altering any figures for the APC and to immediately announce the PDP’s winning results in those states where their candidates clearly won, going by the results already declared at the poling units, wards and local government collation.
The party warned that anything short of that will attract the legitimate wrath of the people who are already aware that elections have been concluded in these states.
