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The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has condemned the postponement of Edo state governorship elections by the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, saying it is illegal.
In a statement by PDP spokesman, Prince Dayo Adeyeye, the party said the election date should be kept sacrosanct, and that there were no tangible reasons to tamper with the election.
“The call for the postponement of the election by top hierarchy of the security agencies predicated on alleged security threat was a less than ingenious attempt to buy time for the APC which is clearly heading for a major electoral catastrophe on Saturday.
“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.
“Nigerians were not deceived by the obvious concoctions of the security agencies whose performances during elections have been less than average since the advent of the Buhari administration.
“Indeed they have become instruments in the hands of the ruling party to harass, intimidate and punish opponents.”
The party also called on President Muhammadu Buhari and the National Assembly to conduct a non -partisan and holistic review and investigation of the national security apparatus to save the nation’s fledging democracy.
In a statement by PDP spokesman, Prince Dayo Adeyeye, the party said the election date should be kept sacrosanct, and that there were no tangible reasons to tamper with the election.
“The call for the postponement of the election by top hierarchy of the security agencies predicated on alleged security threat was a less than ingenious attempt to buy time for the APC which is clearly heading for a major electoral catastrophe on Saturday.
“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.
“Nigerians were not deceived by the obvious concoctions of the security agencies whose performances during elections have been less than average since the advent of the Buhari administration.
“Indeed they have become instruments in the hands of the ruling party to harass, intimidate and punish opponents.”
The party also called on President Muhammadu Buhari and the National Assembly to conduct a non -partisan and holistic review and investigation of the national security apparatus to save the nation’s fledging democracy.
