The national leadership of the Peoples
Democratic Party has called on the electorate in
Lagos State to disregard the claim by the All
Progressives Congress that the former was
planning to rig the governorship election in the
state.
It said the claim by the APC that the meeting
President Goodluck Jonathan had with the PDP
candidate in the state on Thursday was aimed at
rigging the election was not true.
A statement issued by the National Publicity
Secretary of the PDP, Mr. Olisa Metuh, in Abuja
on Friday, therefore, asked members of the
public to disregard the APC’s claim. He said,
“Our attention has been drawn to a statement
issued today by the APC against our party and
President Goodluck Jonathan with regard to
Saturday’s governorship and House of Assembly
elections in Lagos state.
“We totally condemn this unwarranted and
unnecessary tension being created by the APC in
Lagos State a day before the elections. The APC
must desist from its propaganda, lies and false
alarms especially bearing in mind that it did not
win the Presidential election on account of such.
Nigerians are no longer in the mood for such
politics as they have since moved ahead in
celebration of the deepening of our democracy by
the PDP-led administration.
“The PDP successfully nurtured democracy in the
last sixteen years with attendant benefits to the
people. Unfortunately, concerns are already
heightening that the APC may not sustain this
legacy given its disreputable disposition to
national issues and ceaseless resort to
propaganda and deceit.”
He said the PDP was aware that the APC leader
and President-elect, Gen. Muhammadu Buhari
(retd.), had gone to about 12 states meeting and
campaigning for his party’s candidates and
wondered why the APC should fret about
President Jonathan’s meeting with PDP
candidates in Lagos.
He said President Jonathan had, with the 2015
general elections, proven beyond all doubts that
he is a true democrat committed to free, fair and
credible elections, a fact for which he has
continued to receive accolades from well-meaning
Nigerians and the international community.
He, therefore, called on Lagosians to disregard
“this latest false alert and come out en masse on
Saturday to exercise their constitutionally
guaranteed right.”
In the same vein, he charged the Independent
National Electoral Commission and security
forces to ensure that the elections are free, fair
and credible, not only in Lagos but also in other
states of the federation.
Democratic Party has called on the electorate in
Lagos State to disregard the claim by the All
Progressives Congress that the former was
planning to rig the governorship election in the
state.
It said the claim by the APC that the meeting
President Goodluck Jonathan had with the PDP
candidate in the state on Thursday was aimed at
rigging the election was not true.
A statement issued by the National Publicity
Secretary of the PDP, Mr. Olisa Metuh, in Abuja
on Friday, therefore, asked members of the
public to disregard the APC’s claim. He said,
“Our attention has been drawn to a statement
issued today by the APC against our party and
President Goodluck Jonathan with regard to
Saturday’s governorship and House of Assembly
elections in Lagos state.
“We totally condemn this unwarranted and
unnecessary tension being created by the APC in
Lagos State a day before the elections. The APC
must desist from its propaganda, lies and false
alarms especially bearing in mind that it did not
win the Presidential election on account of such.
Nigerians are no longer in the mood for such
politics as they have since moved ahead in
celebration of the deepening of our democracy by
the PDP-led administration.
“The PDP successfully nurtured democracy in the
last sixteen years with attendant benefits to the
people. Unfortunately, concerns are already
heightening that the APC may not sustain this
legacy given its disreputable disposition to
national issues and ceaseless resort to
propaganda and deceit.”
He said the PDP was aware that the APC leader
and President-elect, Gen. Muhammadu Buhari
(retd.), had gone to about 12 states meeting and
campaigning for his party’s candidates and
wondered why the APC should fret about
President Jonathan’s meeting with PDP
candidates in Lagos.
He said President Jonathan had, with the 2015
general elections, proven beyond all doubts that
he is a true democrat committed to free, fair and
credible elections, a fact for which he has
continued to receive accolades from well-meaning
Nigerians and the international community.
He, therefore, called on Lagosians to disregard
“this latest false alert and come out en masse on
Saturday to exercise their constitutionally
guaranteed right.”
In the same vein, he charged the Independent
National Electoral Commission and security
forces to ensure that the elections are free, fair
and credible, not only in Lagos but also in other
states of the federation.
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