The leadership of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, yesterday visited the Independent National Electoral
The leadership of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, yesterday visited the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, headquarters, Abuja to demand assurances of credible and transparent governorship elections in Edo and Ondo states.
Addressing newsmen, national vice chairman (North) of the party, Senator Suleiman Nazif said the assurance of free and fair polls is sufficient for the PDP to head to the contests in confidence.
He said: “We have come here as a matter of urgency to demand free and fair elections in Edo and Ondo. There is the need for us to come and get first-hand assurance that the elections will be free and fair.
“We are all aware of what happened in Kogi, Osun, Bayelsa, Kano and the rest of them and we thought it wise to come here today to insist and demand that we have a free and fair election. That is what the Peoples Democratic Party is requesting and demanding.
“We have had a lot of assurances but at the same time, it is one thing to assure us and it is another thing for us to go and hear that something else is happening.
“So we don’t know what you are going to tell us today. People are concerned and worried about the way elections are being conducted in Nigeria.
“We believe that it is high time that the right thing is done and that is why we have come here to demand nothing other than free fair election.”
Also speaking, national chairman of the party, Prince Uche Secondus noted that the outcome of a similar exercise in some states in the past leaves the PDP with no option but to insist on transparency in the conduct of the elections.
Addressing newsmen, national vice chairman (North) of the party, Senator Suleiman Nazif said the assurance of free and fair polls is sufficient for the PDP to head to the contests in confidence.
He said: “We have come here as a matter of urgency to demand free and fair elections in Edo and Ondo. There is the need for us to come and get first-hand assurance that the elections will be free and fair.
“We are all aware of what happened in Kogi, Osun, Bayelsa, Kano and the rest of them and we thought it wise to come here today to insist and demand that we have a free and fair election. That is what the Peoples Democratic Party is requesting and demanding.
“We have had a lot of assurances but at the same time, it is one thing to assure us and it is another thing for us to go and hear that something else is happening.
“So we don’t know what you are going to tell us today. People are concerned and worried about the way elections are being conducted in Nigeria.
“We believe that it is high time that the right thing is done and that is why we have come here to demand nothing other than free fair election.”
Also speaking, national chairman of the party, Prince Uche Secondus noted that the outcome of a similar exercise in some states in the past leaves the PDP with no option but to insist on transparency in the conduct of the elections.
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