EDO DECIDES: PDP WARNS AGAINST ALTERING OF EDO GUBERNATORIAL POLL RESULTS
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The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has warned against altering results of the Edo state governorship polls to stop its candidate, Asue Ighodalo, from winning.
The party also cautioned the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) not to declare any result that fails to reflect people’s will.
“Our party again cautions INEC not to lose sight of the violent protest that trailed the criminal attempt by the former Adamawa State Resident Electoral Commissioner, Mallam Hudu Ari to alter the outcome of the 2023 Governorship election in that State which nearly led to the death of some INEC officials.
“Any attempt to change the results of the Edo State governorship election and allocate victory to a defeated candidate will provoke worse consequences,” PDP spokesman, Mr. Debo Ologunagba declared in a statement late on Sunday evening.
According to the PDP spokesman, the Adamawa State governor, Ahmadu Fintiri who was chairman of Edo State PDP National Campaign Council has done the right thing by declaring that the PDP governorship candidate won the election.
“The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) stands by the results of the Edo State Governorship election as garnered by its polling agents across the State and echoed by the Chairman of the Edo PDP National Campaign Council, Governor Ahmadu Fintiri of Adamawa State which indicate that the PDP candidate, Dr. Asue Ighodalo clearly won the election.
“The PDP asserts that the rush, venom and hauling of insults with which the All Progressives Congress (APC) attacked Governor Fintiri only confirms APC’s violent desperation to cover its manipulations and steal the mandate freely given to Dr. Asue Ighodalo by the people of Edo State as reflected in the genuine votes cast at the Polling Units.
“As Governor Fintiri presented, the results collated from the Polling Units have Asue Ighodalo in clear lead before the State collation exercise was hijacked by the APC which, in connivance of some unscrupulous INEC and security officials, engaged in blatant alteration and substitution of the genuine results with fabricated figures in favour of the defeated APC candidate.
“The PDP had on several occasions alerted Nigerians of this sinister plot by the APC which will be firmly resisted as the APC and its candidate Monday Okpebholo were thoroughly defeated in the election,” Ologunagba stated.
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