This was contained in a Press statement issued and signed by the Zonal Publicity Secretary of the party, Mr Ayo Fadaka, who called on President Muhammadu Buhari not to “succumb to the desires of his party to use Army, Police and other agencies as extensions of his Party efforts in the election.
Fadaka said “We take due cognisance of the interloping activities of the Ondo State Government in the Ekiti elections and its determination to prosecute criminal actions towards rigging the election.
” The Akeredolu administration has descended fully into the fray to the extent that the State-owned media has been unleashing abuses and disinformation about the Ekiti State Government, this is unethical.
“We, therefore, ask the Ondo State Government to concentrate on discharging its allocated responsibilities to the people of Ondo State, a function it continues to discharge most abysmally.
According to him “This Saturday the people of Ekiti State will be going to the polls to discharge the sacred responsibility of electing their Governor, this is an inalienable right that must not be coerced or tampered with by any authority.
“It is in light of this fact that we deem it necessary to again warn the Federal Government that it owes our dear nation a responsibility to respect the electoral wishes and desires of the Ekiti people as will be expressed in that election.
“We take due cognisance of the constitutional control of all the security agencies by Mr President as Commander in Chief, and therefore call on him to realise that the fact that he belongs to the APC is insignificant where the overall interest of Nigeria is concerned.
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“Therefore, it is mandatory that he remains fair and does not succumb to the chicanery and pressure of his Party, APC, to compromise his oath of office, he must do what is right.
” This becomes important because we are aware of the ludicrous excuses of the APC that the Army was used to shut it out of power four years ago, this falsehood, we are aware has been bought by the President.
“But we encourage him to shed off himself this toga and remain patriotic, President Buhari must not succumb to the desires of his Party to use the Army, Police and other agencies as extensions of his Party efforts in the election.
” Of course we recall that their spontaneous reaction to the loss then was the illogical claim of “photochromic” ballot paper that ensured that when APC was voted for, it will turn to a vote for PDP, such as the classical falsehood that governs the APC.
Fadaka said “We, therefore, declare that as a Party, the PDP has prepared strenuously and campaigned vigorously to win this election, we, therefore, will not accept any action targeted at compromising the election.
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