The National Coordinator Peoples Democratic Party National Youth Frontier, Usman Okai Austin released a statement outlining plans that they believe will be implemented by the APC to disrupt elections in Edo state.
You can read his statement below.
APC desperate for a win at all costs has adopted another strategy after their initial plans to postponed the election was resisted by the good people of the Edo state and stakeholders in the state.
Part of the plans include:
- Fake Election collation sheets and results have been given various polling units to substitute the original result sheets.
- Fake Police and Army Uniforms will be given to APC hired thugs and they will go around intimidating and harassing PDP supporters.
- Disenfranchisement of the PDP supporters; Election materials won’t arrive on time at Areas identified as the PDP stronghold, thereby frustrating the electorate from exercising their political right.
- Planned violence; they’ve mapped out plans to foment violence should the above plans fails to create room for the declaration of the election as ‘inconclusive’.
The PDP National Youths Frontiers commends INEC for rejecting to postpone the much-awaited election despite pressure from the Police and DSS
We call on INEC to beam its searchlight on some of the Adhoc staff and returning officers as we have a reliable information that the APC has infiltrated INEC ahead of the Edo state election .
We also call on President Buhari to use the golden opportunity that the Edo State election has provided to ensure credible and free elections because Nigerians will not accept another inconclusive election .
PDPNYF appeal to Edo state youths to go out and exercise their civic responsibility. We encourage them to vote Pastor Ize Iyamu for the development of the Edo state.
Pastor Ize Iyamu’s simple agenda has the prerequisite for the development of the Edo state
Usman Okai Austin
National Cordinator Peoples Democratic Party National Youth Frontier