We can’t fold our hands, APC won’t rob us again – Ebonyi PDP

Members of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Ebonyi State chapter have issued a warning, stating that they will not remain silent and allow the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, to allegedly steal their mandate once more.

The Party demanded that the country’s presidential and national assembly elections be canceled, claiming that they had been fraudulently rigged and marred by a significant number of irregularities, killings, and other violations.

They claimed that thugs in Izzi LGA killed no less than three people, among them a corper who took part in the election as an INEC ad hoc staff member.

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In an interview with reporters in the Ebonyi state capital of Abakaliki, the Party leadership announced this through Mr. Austin Edeze, the director general of Anyichuk’s campaign council.

In an effort to scuttle the upcoming governorship election, Edeze claimed that weapons are being distributed to thugs.

Everything was rigged, he claimed, starting with the results announcement. Moreover, the INEC’s cooperation was necessary for any rigging to occur. To ensure there is justice, we will take all appropriate legal action. The results should be thrown out, as we demand.

Of course we’re going to win the election again; we won it last Saturday. We’ll demonstrate that we prevailed in the most recent election. We will put an end to these excesses and refuse to give up and let the previous election’s results repeat themselves.

“Izzi LGA is at the height of impunity. Whenever the chairman of an LGA has the opportunity to address the traditional leaders, he or she should make it clear that any opposition to the APC’s gubernatorial candidate, Nwifuru, should be met with retribution. The advice is to stay home and cast your ballots if you are unable to support the APC; if you do go to the polls, you should be put down. This should not be taken lightly by the law enforcement organizations.

In a prompt response, Stanley Okoro Emegha, the state chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), refuted the claim and emphasized that the Party had no intention of taking any action that would cast doubt on the state’s governorship election.

“How is it possible that someone claims that the state government bought an AK-47 for each of the 171 wards in the state? To purchase such weapons would cost the federal government a significant sum of money; state governments would be better off.

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“Are we going to war or are we building a military barrack to get these weapons? Always leveling such serious accusations are those who are intimidated by the competition. PDP claims that because they are already losing, this is the case. Given that the gubernatorial election is approaching, he said, “We don’t have such a plan and we’re asking security agencies to be aware of what the opposition Parties are doing.