By Jennifer Y Omiloli
National leadership of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, on Thursday forewarned the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), not to endeavor to utilize its extrapolations on savagery as spread and avocation to control the November 16 Governorship political election in Kogi state.
In an announcement by the National Publicity Secretary, Kola Ologbondiyan, the party said it is ready to win the Kogi political election including that INEC must guarantee a believable, free and reasonable procedure without coordinated strategic disappointments that feed tumults and brutality in races.
The PDP demanded that INEC should issue an immediate cautioning to Governor Yahaya Bello and the All Progressives Congress, APC, to refrain from any demonstration of brutality in the political race, as the individuals of Kogi state are at alarm and completely prepared to stand up to the Governor and his party on all fronts.
“Our party is already aware of the heinous plots by jittery Yahaya Bello to orchestrate violence, having realized that there is no way he can win in this election.
“Our message to the sinking governor is that such cannot save him from a crushing defeat at the poll.
“While the PDP do not support or preach violence, it must be noted that our party is standing behind the people of Kogi state in their determination never to allow anybody to intimidate or suppress them.”
The PDP maintained that it wants INEC and Governor Yahaya Bello to note that the November 16 election is a determined march by the people against a suppressive, cruel, chaotic, sadistic, acrimonious and inhuman administration.
“It is a determined march against acute poverty, hunger and starvation, fear, general low life and despondency in the state, which Governor Yahaya Bello and the APC represent.
“The Kogi election will mark a definite and inevitable triumph of light over darkness, freedom over suppression, prosperity over poverty, justice over impunity, peace over violence, progress over stagnation, democracy over personality cult and self-centeredness. No amount of intimidation can stop the people in this resolve.”
The PDP counseled INEC to desist from negative extrapolations and be ready to deliver a credible, free, fair, transparent election, devoid of deliberate logistic failures tailored to frustrate the will of the people.
