Barely 24 hours to the Bayelsa State supplementary governorship election, the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has accused the All Progressives Congress, APC, of plotting to rig the poll in Southern Ijaw local Government Area of the state.
PDP on Friday while stating that the election re-run was a mere formality, accused the APC of working in partnership with the military, police and Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, which it said had a pre-written result even before the elections were conducted.
In a statement by the PDP’s Acting National Chairman, Prince Uche Secondus, claimed it had intelligence report that the election had been programmed to favour the APC.
Warning that dire consequences might await the country’s democracy should APC forcefully take the states known to be PDP state, Secondus said, “Southern Ijaw is the home local government of former governor of the state, Chief DSP Alamieyeseigha and a known Ijaw leader. The state is politically divided into Nembe, Ogbia and Southern Ijaw, that is the home LGA of ijaws where the governor, Siarake Dickson is from.
“This is the strongest home base of the PDP. PDP has been winning elections in this core Ijaw LGA because it is the ancestral home of all Ijaws where the former governor and Ijaw leader DSP Alamiseigha and Dickson hails from.
“Intelligence report at our disposal shows that the election is just a mere formality as results have been written with INEC standing as the main culprit.
“The Secretary to the government of Federation, the Minister of Defence and Police have directed INEC to write the results in favour of APC. There is the use of Police and military personnel to intimidate voters and also scare them away as results are already written as directed.”
While alleging that winning the state governorship election was part of APC plot to capture the South-south, he said, “All ministers and government officials from the zone have been directed to ensure that Bayelsa is delivered to APC at all cost.”
Secondus also warned that the quest of winning at all cost was responsible for the collapse of the Second Republic.
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