The national leadership of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) yesterday alleged that last Saturday’s governorship and State Houses of Assembly elections were characterized by widespread irregularities, with alleged support by some security officers of Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to the advantage of All Progressives Congress (APC).
“Evidences abound of widespread irregularities across the country with INEC rejecting results from the strongholds of PDP candidates for no just cause while accepting the figures from those of the APC,” a statement by the National Publicity Secretary of the PDP, Chief Olisa Metuh, said.
“In Lagos, Adamawa, Plateau, Benue, Kwara, Ogun, Oyo, Kano, Jigawa, Bauchi, Nasarawa, Niger, Yobe, Zamfara, Sokoto, Kebbi and Imo states, there are proofs of electoral manipulations ranging from underage voting, ballot stuffing and intimidation of PDP supporters to alteration of some aspects of the process in favour of APC.
“In Abia state, but for the outcry of the people and timely intervention of the INEC headquarters which rejected the illegal cancellation of results from three local governments and strongholds of the PDP by the State Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC) even after they have been announced by the returning officers, the PDP would have been robbed of its well deserved victory in those areas,” Metuh said.
The PDP, however, urged Nigerians and its supporters not to despair, but brace up and resist all anti-democratic and dictatorial tendencies.
It said it was repositioning to stand by the people by providing a credible opposition before returning to power in four years time.
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