…Congratulates Winners Of State And National Assembly Elections
The
Chairman of Rivers State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Bro.
Felix Obuah has rejected the purported disqualification of the PDP Candidate
for Akuku-Toru Constituency 2, Tonye Awari Alalibo, describing it as not only
illegal and mischievous, but highly vexatious, explaining that “no Election Petition
Tribunal nor the Election Appeal Tribunal, including the Independent National
Electoral Commission (INEC) has the power to disqualify any party candidate (as
provided for in the 2012 Electoral Act as amended), and for which the PDP and
its candidate for Akuku-Toru State Constituency 2 are already in court.
Bro
Obuah also disclosed that no Election Petition Tribunal or Appeal Tribunal has
right to disqualify any candidate, when the issue of disqualification was not
part of the subject matter before both the Election
Petition Tribunal and Appeal Tribunal”. Accordingly, INEC lacks powers to
disqualify the PDP candidate.
Therefore,
the purported disqualification of our candidate for Akuku-Toru Constituency 2,
when the PDP logo was on the ballot paper and our candidate participated and
won the election is preposterous.
The
so-called disqualification, according to Bro. Obuah is the handiwork of the APC
that is doing everything possible to grab power, calling on Akuku-Toru people
to remain calm and watch events as they unfold.
Similarly,
Bro Obuah described the ceding of result of Opobo/Nkoro State Assembly Election
to the APC as a rape of democracy, adding that the results collated from the
polling units in all the wards showed Hon. Adonye Diri of the PDP as the clear
winner.
The
PDP Chairman accused INEC of colluding with the APC to satisfy the defeated
governorship candidate, Adol Dakuku Peterside, who was said to have mobilized
soldiers on the day of the election and used them to chase away PDP agents, from
the collation centre in Opobo.
Meanwhile,
the State PDP Chairman, Bro Obuah, congratulates candidates of the party who
emerged victorious in the results so far released and declared by the
Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC).
The
PDP chairman said the victory of the candidates of the party once again
confirmed the popularity and acceptability of the Peoples Democratic Party in
Rivers State.
While
also felicitating with the good people of Rivers State who voted for the
emergence of the PDP candidates in those State and federal constituencies, Bro
Obuah assured that the party would not let them down in the delivery of its
campaign promises.
Bro.
Obuah reiterated the obvious fact that Rivers State is 100% PDP, adding that
the desperation, blackmail and intimidation by the APC and Rotimi Amaechi would
not reverse the trend.
The
PDP Chairman enjoined Rivers people to remain resolute as they await the release
of the remaining results and new date for the re-run election in Local
Government Areas were elections were suspended following the distribution of
fake result sheets, noting that these delays were deliberate attempt by the APC
to buy more time and fashion out strategies to manipulate the results.
Signed:
Jerry
Needam
Special
Adviser on Media to
State
PDP Chairman, Bro. Felix Obuah
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