Calls for postponement of Edo election Bizarre and shocking- PDP
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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