PDP National Publicity Secretary, Kola Ologbondiyan
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has cautioned the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) towards stoking up hassle within the upcoming governorship elections in Ekiti and Osun States.
This adopted allegation by the primary opposition party that INEC had secretly recruited four,000 members of the All Progressives Congress (APC) as impartial observers for the July 14 and September 22 governorship elections in Ekiti and Osun States respectively.
The party’s spokesman, Kola Ologbondiyan, in an assertion stated the voters in Ekiti and Osun had been already conscious of the plots to make use of the alleged unlawful observers to control the electoral course of within the two states.
As said by the PDP, the plot is for the “observers” to endorse irregularities, approve fictitious outcomes and subvert the desire of the voters in favour of the APC.
The half vowed to withstand such impunity, and demanded the instant withdrawal of the four,000 “observers” by INEC within the curiosity of the nation and its democracy.
The assertion stated: “INEC, on this design, shouldn't neglect that these states are immutable strongholds of the PDP; that the residents are politically subtle and can on no account hesitate to confront, with all vitality obtainable in a democracy, any try by anyone to sabotage the election.
“It is an undeniable fact that the PDP has the biggest demography of real followership and unprecedented mass enchantment throughout Ekiti State, significantly because of the sterling efficiency of Governor Ayo Fayose. We even have the preferred candidate on this election and the course of the political tide is obvious to all.
“In this regard, the nationwide management of the PDP states in very clear phrases that our buildings throughout all of the electoral wards in Ekiti and Osun States have been put at alert, as we won't permit anyone to make use of any means in any way to control the electoral course of.
“The PDP due to this fact points this as a direct warning to those unlawful observers to avoid Ekiti and Osun States and in addition to desist from testing the desire of the individuals as they'll on no account abdomen any try by anyone to subvert their will on the polls.
“On this note, we charge the INEC Chairman to immediately douse the tension by instantly withdrawing the illegal observers and constituting a process of selecting new and genuine observers with full participation of all major stakeholders, particularly the political parties contesting in the elections. Anything short of this is unacceptable and will be highly and firmly resisted by the people.”