PDP warns Yahaya Bello, Uzodinma against rigging in Kogi, Imo, Bayelsa

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has warned Governors Yahaya Bello and Hope Uzodinma not to try to rig the governorship elections in Kogi and Imo States on Saturday.

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has urged politicians to abandon any plans to rig Saturday’s governorship elections in Bayelsa, Imo, and Kogi states, stating that the party has galvanized the people of the three states to go to every length permitted by law to protect their votes.

Debo Ologunagba, the PDP’s spokesman, charged Bello and Uzodinma with accepting defeat following their alleged terrible failure in office.
Ologunagba told a press conference in Abuja that the PDP will not let anyone to tamper with the electoral processes in Kogi, Imo, and Bayelsa states.

“Our Party restates that it will never allow anyone, no matter how powerful, to manipulate the electoral process in the governorship elections in Imo, Kogi, and Bayelsa States,” Ologunagba said. In fact, our Party states unequivocally that anyone who seeks to rig or manipulate the election in any way will face the people’s legitimate fury.

“The PDP specifically warns Imo State Governor Hope Uzodimma, Kogi State Governor Yahaya Bello, and his puppet candidate, Usman Ododo, to accept the people’s rejection of their abysmal failure in government and prepare to concede defeat on Saturday.”

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“The PDP reiterates that all indices from multiple Entrance Polls show that the PDP candidates are leading and will sweep the governorship elections in the three states.” Any election path that does not represent the unmistakable tide of the people’s Will at the Polling Units will be vigorously opposed.

“In Imo State, the PDP confirms that it has received messages and visits from many prominent Imo State citizens, including major industrialists and business leaders, expressing support for the PDP Candidate, Senator Samuel Anyanwu.”

“These prominent Imo citizens have also denied their reported support for the APC and its governorship candidate, Governor Hope Uzodimma, as well as their reported donation of funds to the APC.”

“Of course, no well-meaning Imo State citizen will support Governor Hope Uzodimma’s administration, which has wrecked the state’s economy, brought untold hardship to the people, and turned Imo State into a theatre of violence, killings, and kidnapping.”

Ologunagba asked Uzodimma to make public the names of Imo State citizens who he claimed had donated money to his campaign, emphasizing that the people can identify the enablers of instability and misery that his administration has represented over the previous three years.