Nigeria, Sept., 09, 2016 – The People’s Democratic Party(PDP) has described postponement of the Governorship election in Edo State from September 10 to September 28, 2016 by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) as illegal.
In a statement, National Publicity Secretary of the party, Prince Dayo Adeyeye said It is shameful and indeed a major constitutional breach for the security agencies to act in concert with the APC to truncate an Election that had been planned for months.
“The postponement of the Election by INEC is illegal, unconstitutional and a breach of the peoples’ trust in the Commission and the security agencies. It is a coup against the people of Edo State in particular and Nigerians in general. Since APC assumed power, virtually all elections conducted by INEC have either been inconclusive or truncated.
“Saturday’s Election in Edo State must be an exemption. We will not accept anything less than free, fair and transparent election conducted and concluded the same day. INEC must rise to the occasion to restore the confidence of Nigerians in its operations. Edo is a test case. With the way INEC is performing, how are we sure that it would be able to handle the 2019 national elections. Our democracy is under a serious threat from the APC and its Gestapo security agencies,” the party said.
It called on all stakeholders – The Media, civil society organizations, all political parties and indeed all Nigerians and the international community to rise to defend Nigeria’s hard earned democracy from the assault being unleashed on it by the APC Government.
