Bayelsa election: APC blasts PDP, says it doesn't need rigging to win the state
- APC has replied PDP over rigging allegation ahead of Bayelsa election
- INEC is conducting the governorship election in the state on Saturday, November 16
- The party, however, said it would win the election without rigging
Less than one week to the conduct of governorship election in Bayelsa state, the All Progressives Congress (APC), has told the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) that it would win the election without rigging.
The Nation reports that the state chapter of the PDP had accused the APC of planning to rig the Saturday, November 16, governorship election in the state.
Legit.ng gathered that the APC, however, dismissed the allegation, saying that the PDP was jittery ahead of the election.
In a statement by the party's state publicity secretary, Doifie Buokoribo, the APC described the allegation as ruse and accused the PDP of having a fondness for diversionary allegations.
The statement said: “We have once again learnt about a deceptive allegation by the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) linking our party, the All Progressives Congress (APC), and the Nigerian Army with an alleged plan to rig the coming governorship election in the state.
“While we cannot speak for the Nigerian Army, APC completely dismisses the attempt to link it with poll rigging as a low trick invented to conceal PDP’s signature electoral character of thuggery, fraud, violence, and manipulation. This is yet another shameless and mischievous allegation by the PDP for which there is not a shred of evidence."
Buokoribo said that Bayelsa PDP’s keenness for bogus allegations and ‘uncovering plans’, especially before a major election, are actually an indirect disclosure of their own malicious plots.
He noted that PDP in the state has fooled the country, and sometimes the security services, over and over by crying fake tears of apprehension.
“We use this opportunity to also alert the security agencies to the urgent need to dig deeper into PDP’s predilection for strange accusations ahead of the November 16 governorship election. Like crocodiles that are believed to shed tears while consuming their prey, PDP in Bayelsa state is known for deceptive alarm raised to cover up their own evil machinations.
“Governor Henry Seriake Dickson and his PDP must not be allowed to derail this election. Having seen the handwriting on the wall pertaining their imminent fall from power, there is a strong suspicion, backed up by history, that Dickson may become fiercer in his deployment of crude power during the coming poll," he said.
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Meanwhile, Legit.ng had previously reported that Dickson told the people of the state that voting against the PDP in the November 16 governorship election would amount to betraying the trust of PDP faithful nationwide.
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