Following the hint of a possible imposition of a state of emergency on Anambra given by the Attorney General of the Federation, Abubakar Malami, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has warned the All Progressives Congress (APC)-led Federal Government to perish every contemplation of such action.
The minister had on Wednesday explained that government does not rule out any option including a state of emergency so that the sanctity of the November 6 governorship election in the state could be preserved.
But in a prompt reaction, the main opposition party in a statement issued by Kola Ologbondiyan,
National Publicity Secretary Wednesday, maintained that the move is a ploy to suppress Anambra people and manipulate the election.
The statement read: “The PDP holds that the reported move to foist an emergency rule in Anambra state is a ploy by the APC-led government to suppress the people, manipulate the process and rig the governorship election for the APC and its candidate.
“Our party demands that the APC and its administration should come clean on their roles in the sudden rise in insecurity in Anambra State ahead of the election.
“This demand is predicated on apprehensions in the public space that the spate of insecurity in Anambra is contrived to heighten tension in the state so as to derail the democratic process to the advantage of the APC.
“The PDP insists that the Federal Government has the capacity to ensure peace in Anambra before, during and even after the election if it so desired. We, therefore, invite President Muhammadu Buhari-led APC Federal Government to be guided accordingly.
“Our party also charges the people of Anambra state to remain calm and alert as well as take steps within the ambits of the law to resist plots by the APC to derail the electoral process in its inordinate ambition to seize Anambra through the back door.”
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