PRESS RELEASE
‘Steer Clear Of Bayelsa
Governorship Election’, PDP Tells Buhari
The
Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) forewarns President Muhammadu Buhari to steer
clear of Bayelsa governorship election and allow the will of the people to prevail, if he really desires to
sustain the nation’s democracy.
PDP
National Publicity Secretary, Chief Olisa Metuh in a statement on Sunday said
intelligence information reaching the party shows that President Buhari is
neck-deep in APC’s desperation to forcefully take over Bayelsa state, for which
he has directed a covert military and other security operations to assist the
APC to rig the election, which has already been won by the PDP.
“At
the head of this illegal military operation is one Capt. Louis, who led the
hijacking of elections in Southern Ijaw Local Government Area, the largest in
the state. Military personnel have seized ballot materials including result
sheets in Igbematiru, Peremabiri, ward 3, ward 6, ward 8, ward 12, ward 13 and
ward 15, which they took to Ologbobiri in military gunboats, where massive
thumb-printing is going on in favour of the APC. In Ward 7 Ekowe, the military
hijacked and destroyed voting materials.
“During
this operation, the ruthless personnel manhandled NYSC members serving as adhoc
electoral officers, some of whom were thrown into the water and would have
drowned if not for well-meaning Nigerians who rescued them.
“The
PDP therefore states that the political development in Southern Ijaw is the
worst in Nigeria ’s
electoral history and is no different from the military coup of December 31,
1983.
“Furthermore,
we are aware that the on-going operation is intended to inflate figures in
favor of the APC and cancel PDP’s obvious victory in this election. We
therefore expect that INEC should not announce any cooked-up result coming from
Southern Ijaw , which does not reflect the
wishes and aspiration of the people.
Signed:
Chief Olisa Metuh
National Publicity Secretary
National Publicity Secretary
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