Chenke!! PDP TACKLES APC FOR PLAN TO RIG ELECTION

The Edo State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has alleged that the All Progressives Congress plans to substitute members of the National Youths Service Corps (NYSC) trained for the Edo governorship election with members of the party.

The statement signed by Mr Chris Nehikhare, the publicity secretary, that inline with the APC deceitful way, the gubernatorial election which suppose to hold on 10th September was postponed not because of insecurity of the state and currently planing to substitute members of the National Youths Service Corps (NYSC) trained for the Edo governorship election with members of the party.

Nevertheless, in a quick reaction, APC refuted the PDP’s allegation as unproven and unsubstantiated.

According to Edo State chairman of the party, Mr. Anselm Ojezua, a legal practitioner, dismissed the claim. He said: “I don’t even know that NYSC members are leaving, I don’t know what INEC is doing. PDP members are trying to run away from their own shadow. They should face the election squarely and stop chasing shadows.”

Sticking to its guns, PDP explained the reason for its allegation: “The postponement was well-planned to undermine the will of Edo people. We are now convinced that a cabal within the APC orchestrated the phantom security advice attributed to the Nigeria Police Force and the Department of State Services (DSS) in the face of imminent defeat in the election.

“For instance, we all know that many members of the NYSC were trained by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) as ad-hoc staff for the election; and going by the “NYSC Action Plan, September 2016,” the trained NYSC members are to finish their clearance, as part of their final disengagement process that will end on September 26.

“We have just been told by insiders within the APC that the party had compiled a list of their members that they will secretly use to replace the outgoing trained NYSC members,” PDP said.

The party further said that one of the reasons the APC also asked INEC to fix the rescheduled election for Wednesday, September 28, an official working day, was to deny many electorate outside the state, who planned to come to Edo State for the election, from doing so.

It said hundreds of the electorate outside the state had arrived Edo before the election was postponed with many of them feeling disappointed about the action of the APC in connivance with INEC and security agencies.