Maintain Tinubu answerable for the sham that occurred in Edo election – PDP

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) governorship election marketing campaign council has mentioned that it holds President Bola Ahmed Tinubu answerable for the result of final Saturday’s governorship election in in Edo.

The Deputy Director-Basic of the Council, Rev. Olu Martins acknowledged this on Wednesday in Benin whereas addressing the press on the occasion’s place of the result of the election.

He mentioned it was clear that “the president needs to show this nation to a one-party state, as a result of, this isn’t an election, that is state seize. They captured the safety brokers, they captured the INEC.”

Olu Martins mentioned Tinubu’s assertion that he would give Edo to the APC gave the leeway for the occasion to control the election to their favour.

“We maintain the president of Nigeria answerable for this sham that heppened in Edo State, as a result of when he made that unstatemanly assertion that I’ll give Edo state to you, and he backed it up that I’m the president and the commander-in-chief of the armed forces of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, it was a transparent invitation for anarchy,” he mentioned.

The PDP chieftain alleged that the election was not between the APC and the PDP, however that the “contestation was between the PDP and the safety operatives, one hand, led by the Nigeria Police after which the Impartial Nationwide Electoral Fee”, who he mentioned come collectively to rape democracy.

He mentioned: “By the point the collation has gotten to 95 %, we now have began jubilating and we concluded that even the 5 % that was left all voted for the APC, we might nonetheless have received the election with nicely over 45,000 votes, till we acquired to the collation middle.“Earlier than we all know what was taking place, the true lions and tigers in uniform popped up and mentioned to the others that we’re right here for a mission.

“On the acceptable time, we’ll begin naming and shaming them, as a result of democracy should survive. That is democracy beneath the whims and caprice of 1 particular person.”

He acknowledged additional: “I can boldly say right here that Monday Okpebholo is just not my governor, not as a result of I’ve an issue with him, however the course of that produce him. Not when you may have a rape of democracy and by all definition, the worst election that INEC could have ever performed, particularly on this fourth republic.

“If this election have been to be performed 10 instances over, I might have voted for Dr. Asue Ighodalo many times,even when we all know that they’ll rigbthe election.

“We’ve no remorse in what we now have accomplished, they’re the loser, we’re the champions as a result of the APC is lower than our stage, if they’re as much as our stage, they might not have accomplished what they did.”

Olu Martins, nevertheless, suggested members and supporters of the of the occasion to be calm, including, “we’re finding out the outcomes, in a couple of days, our management will pronounce the following line of motion.”