The Chairman of the
Rivers State Chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Bro Felix Obuah has
described as most disappointing and an abuse of the democratic process the
grand conspiracy between the All Progressives Congress, APC and the Independent
National Electoral Commission, INEC to upturn the mandate of the Edo people in
the just concluded governorship election in the State in favour of the APC.
The State PDP Chairman
said this in reaction to the results as announced by the INEC which he said do
not reflect the decision of the people of Edo State.
The broad-day robbery
in Edo, Bro Obuah noted, has evidently exposed the APC’s new election rigging strategy
which appears to be working out for them but will definitely fail in Rivers
State.
The State PDP Chairman
observed with regret that it was for the same purpose that the remaining
legislative re-run elections scheduled for Saturday, July 30, 2016 in Rivers
were abruptly put off by INEC to enable the APC perfect their new system of
rigging which is consolidated at the final collation centre through compromised
INEC officials and security agents.
The PDP, he said, is
fully aware of the plot and has consistently raised alarm over frequent visits
and too close for comfort relationship between the Rivers South-East APC
Senatorial Candidate, Magnus Abe, his benefactor, Chibuike Amaechi and the INEC
leaders in Abuja as well as various security high commands of the Police, Army
and DSS.
“But unlike INEC’s
dismal outing in Edo State, we do hope that such inciting and crisis inducing
attempts by the APC and its agents and hatchet men within the electoral body
and security agencies will not contemplate experimenting the Edo saga in Rivers
State as that will be vehemently resisted.
All that we stand for
to help our democratic process succeed are free and fair elections where the
winner will transparently be seen to have won and the loser convinced of his
loss.
Anything short of that
will definitely amount to an affront to the people of the State”, Bro Obuah
Declared.
Not satisfied with the
so-called results of the September 28, 2016, Gubernatorial Election in Edo
State, as declared by the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, the
Chairman, PDP, in Rivers State, Bro Felix Obuah said the outcome of the
exercise was predetermined by the Commission in sleek alliance with the All
Progressives Congress, APC.
The PDP Chairman
explained that from the process leading to the conduct of the election, the
manner security agencies were used in aiding the fraudulent activities by
members of the APC, the quick announcement of the cooked up results by the
Electoral Commission, which is a novelty in the life of the present INEC, as
well as the speed by President Buhari congratulated the declared winner, Mr
Obaseki, the first of its kind by the President showed that the electoral
process was compromised.
“We sympathize with the
Edo people whose mandate has been misappropriated in an APC controlled
government devoid of democratic ideals and practice. It is unfortunate that the
true democracy Nigerians yearned for has now been denied and not allowed to
succeed.
Even though it is not
yet uhuru for the APC and its combined forces, as we believe the PDP Standard
Bearer, Pastor Ize-Iyamu Osagie and the good people of Edo will explore every
available legal means in seeking justice, by challenging the fraudulent outcome
of the charade called election by the INEC, it is to us a useful development,
as it apparently exposes the strategies and options contemplated to be applied
by the APC, the INEC and some security agents in Rivers re-run elections
expected to be held in the coming weeks”, the State PDP Chairman noted.
Signed:
Jerry Needam
Special Adviser
on Media and Publicity
To the Rivers
PDP Chairman, Bro Felix Obuah
Sunday,
October 2, 2016
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