Benue PDP jittery over looming defeat in 2023 ― APC NASS candidates caucus

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Peretei disclosed that the plans were hatched during a meeting attended by the state governor, Rotimi Akeredolu, the state APC Chairman, Ade Adetimehin and other APC leaders, where the arrangement was concluded on how to rig the election across the 18 local government areas in the state. Peretei however, warned that Ondo State is watching and would not accept any manipulation of the election, calling on the people to be wary of these anti-democratic and unscrupulous elements. "The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Ondo State Chapter has uncovered a grand plan by the All Progressives Congress (APC) to rig the 2023 general elections. "Against the background of unfulfilled promises made to Nigerians in 2015 and 2019, the leadership of the APC has perfected a plot to compromise the electoral process by recruiting fake Youth Corps Members to serve as Presiding Officers during the general elections. "The plot was hatched in a meeting attended by Ondo State Governor, Rotimi Akeredolu, SAN, APC State Chairman, Engr. Ade Adetimehin and other leaders in Abuja, where marching order was given to them to quickly identify five leaders in each of the 18 Local Government Areas of the State to coordinate this evil plot. "If the 2023 elections were to be about dividends of democracy delivered to the people, the APC knows, it does not stand any chance of winning. "Their recent outing in Osun State Gubernatorial Election has also opened their eyes to the reality that, not even the bullion vans can save them from imminent failure, hence the ploy to resort to any available tricks in the books. "For example, in Ondo State, where civil servants have become the butt of every joke, especially teachers whose promotion letters were withheld for not presenting Masters in Education degrees or forced to attend Public Service Training Institute, Ilara-Mokin for a whooping N130,000.00 per person must not be allowed to freely exercise their franchise by voting their preferred candidates. In a free and fair election, the civil servants will certainly revenge their humiliation and frustration over the years. "Our party calls on the Independent National Electoral Commission, not to allow itself to be used in this unpatriotic act. "If President Muhammad Buhari failed tragically to provide security, and also failed to sustain the prosperous economy he inherited, the least expectation from him is to deliver free, fair and credible elections in 2023. "He should not allow, desperate politicians in his party destroy whatever is remaining of his battered image. 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The All Progressives Congress (APC) National Assembly candidates in Benue State have rubbished a lawsuit instituted by the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) challenging the conduct of the party’s primaries.

Describing the case as an exercise in futility, the National Assembly candidates said it is born out of fear of imminent defeat at the polls and ultimately aimed to distract the APC from its ongoing pact-building mission with voters.

Recall that the PDP governorship candidate, Rt Hon Titus Uba had approached the judiciary to challenge the outcome of the opposition party’s primaries which produced Rev. Fr Hyacinth Alia as its gubernatorial candidate.

But in a statement signed by Hon. Chief Philip Agbese, the party’s candidate for Ado/Okpokwu/Ogbadibo Federal Constituency and spokesman, the candidates said their “lawyers will meet them in court to educate them and reverse their poor understanding of the electoral process and legislation”.

“The All Progressive Congress (APC) candidates in Benue State have confidently described the suit instituted against them by the People Democratic Party (PDP) as an exercise in futility that is meant to distract the APC from its ongoing pact-building with voters in the state,” the statement said.

“The PDP’s lawsuit bellyaching over the successful direct primaries that produced APC candidates is a frivolity that is designed to waste the time of the court while creating the wrong impression about the landslide victory that the APC is poised to record in the coming General Elections.

“We are putting PDP on notice that our lawyers will meet them in court to educate them and reverse their poor understanding of the electoral process and legislation. The PDP missed it with its obsession that the APC in Benue state held direct primaries instead of indirect primaries and did not supposedly meet the stipulation of the law”.

Agbese added, “For the records, our party’s primary election met all the requirements of the law. The only problem the PDP has is the intimidating calibre of candidates that the exercise produced, especially our Gubernatorial Candidate, Rev. Fr. Hycinth Alia who is a replica of the Buhari phenomenon in Kano, Katsina and Bauchi. The emergence of Rev. Fr Alia has finally put a stop to the PDP’s lie of “herdsmen and defence of the valley”. Who can defend the valley better than a Catholic priest who spent his entire life mobilizing resources for the poor?

“The PDP feels the only way it can escape its guaranteed defeat in the General Elections is to embark on the judicial abracadabra that it is known for, which includes engaging unholy persons within the temple of justice to torpedo our long-awaited victory.

“Why would any right-thinking person who has been governor for eight years or another who has been a minister for four years and a senator for years be afraid of the APC if not for their record of dismal performance? Why should a former governor and senator develop a phobia for a former house of representatives member?”

The APC NASS candidates, however, concluded that “the PDP is jittery because it has failed the Benue people and the electorates have made up their minds to send them packing come 2023”.

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