In a statement issued by Kola Ologbondiyan, its National Publicity Secretary, in Abuja on Monday, it noted that whereas legally, all congresses and related processes for election of candidates for various offices for the 2019 general elections ended yesterday (Sunday, October 7, 2018), the Zamfara state chapter of the APC has not conducted any congress, and by the provision of the law, it has no candidates in all the elections.
The PDP said it was aware of a clandestine meeting that allegedly held on Monday between topmost officials of INEC and Zamfara state government, “where INEC was instructed to manipulate the system and bend the rules to accommodate the APC.
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“The PDP, therefore, cautioned the Chairman of INEC, Prof Mahmood Yakubu, “over this attempt to manipulate the processes and use underhand measures to liberate the APC from the cul de sac it plunged itself into in Zamfara state.”
The statement added: “We insist that the laws guiding our elections must be upheld, as the PDP will never accept anything short of that.
“Finally, the PDP wants the APC and INEC to know that our party is at alert regarding all electoral processes, in line with our avowed determination to dismantle APC’s rigging machinery in the 2019 general elections.”
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