PDP has described as shocking and bizarre, the calls by the Police and
DSS for INEC to postpone the Saturday September 10th governorship
election in Edo state due to security reasons. The police and DSS in a
joint press statement yesterday said intelligence available to them
suggests that there might be an attack in some states in Nigeria during
the Sallah holidays, especially in Edo state. Read the statement from
PDP after the cut...
Our attention has been drawn to the shocking breaking news of the advise
by the DSS and the Police to the Independent National Electoral
Commission (INEC) to postpone the Saturday, September 10, 2016
Gubernatorial Election in Edo State on excuse of insurgency alert.
We are taken aback on this advise coming a day after the President and
Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of the Federal Republic of
Nigeria, Muhammadu Buhari was present at the Mega Rally of its Party,
the APC in Benin City which was concluded without any hitch.
"It is on record that INEC recently conducted a 'hitch free' Senatorial
By-Election in Borno State which is a high-point of insurgency in the
Country but the Security Agencies saw no reason to call-off the
Election. It is therefore lamentable to hear from these same security
agencies that the Election cannot be held in a State where in less than
24 hours, the President and all the APC leaders and members had an
uninterrupted Rally".
We are calling on the President, Muhammadu Buhari to caution the
security agencies and direct them to provide full security, and also to
desist doing anything that will jeopardize this forthcoming
Gubernatorial Election in Edo State. We are equally counting on INEC not
to succumb to this false alarm by acting independently and holding
election as scheduled.
"We hope that this advice from the security agencies are not in concert
with the APC of having seen the indices of loosing the Edo State
Gubernatorial Election to the PDP".
Finally, the Party leadership led by Senator Ahmed Mohammed Makarfi,
CON, call on our members, teeming supporters, other Edo voters and the
international community to remain law-abiding while staying alert on
this calculated attempt at scuttling our hard earned democracy.
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