Ahead of the Bayelsa governorship poll the opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has issued a statement accusing the APC of planning to rig the election.
The opposition says that it’s ready to combat any bad attempts of the ruling party.
Olisa Metuh, spokesperson of the PDP, at a news conference in Abuja said members had been instructed to defend their votes.
Metuh also supposed that the APC had completed plans to rig the election “just as it did in the November 21 Kogi governorship election”.
He said: “The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), after extensive investigation on the processes and procedures laid out by INEC for the December 5, 2015 Bayelsa governorship election, we have now become fully aware that the commission, in collaboration with security forces, intends to rig the election as they did in October 31 Borno Senatorial bye-election.
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“The nation is aware of the electoral fraud in Borno state where INEC officials and security operatives were used to swap results in favour of the APC, a pattern that was repeated in the November 21, Kogi governorship election.
“Owing to our respect for the dead and the fact that we are in court over the Kogi election, we refrain from making further comments on obvious infractions by INEC and security forces in the conduct of that election.
“Nevertheless, the National Working Committee of the PDP wishes to declare to INEC and all security agencies that the people of Bayelsa state and our members have been fully rallied in their numbers to combat, head to head, any move by anybody or group whatsoever to rig the December 5 governorship election.
“We wish to make it clear to all, especially INEC officials, both regular and adhoc that the atmosphere in Bayelsa is already charged and that any of them, who in any way allows himself to be used for manipulation would be doing so at his own peril.
“Bayelsans, conscious of the ugly records of brazen doctoring of votes by INEC in favour of APC in the earlier mentioned Borno and Kogi governorship election, are now fully determined to stop the commission in its trail and ensure that such is not repeated in their state.
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“We are all aware of the marching order handed down to the new INEC Chairman, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, at his furtive meeting with the Secretary to the Government of the Federation, to rig Kogi and Bayelsa elections in favour of APC, but we wish to let the commission know that attempting so in Bayelsa will have huge repercussions.”
The APC candidate, Timipre Sylva, is seeking to unseat incumbent governor, Seriake Dickson of the PDP, in the Bayelsa governorship election of December 5.
The tenures of Governor Idris Wada of Kogi state and Seriake Dickson of Bayelsa will expire on January 27 and February 14, 2016, respectively.
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