- Says killers of Woman Leader, Acheju Abuh, will never escape justice
The National Working Committee (NWC) of the Peoples Democratic Party
(PDP) on Tuesday said that the alleged violent rigging of the Kogi and Bayelsa State governorship elections by the All Progressives Congress (APC) cannot stand.
The NWC maintained that there was no way the PDP would fold its hands and watch the mandates clearly given to its candidates, Engr. Musa Wada in
Kogi State and Senator Douye Diri in Bayelsa State, left in the hands of
repressive usurpers, manipulators and murderers.
A statement by its national publicity secretary, Kola Ologbondiyan, which was sent to TheNiche said: “Indeed, the nation is still at shock over the brazen show of violence, where security forces coordinated the invasion of polling units, shooting and killing of voters and carting away of ballot boxes to government facilities where results were altered and fictitious figures
given to INEC to declare the APC candidates as winners.
“Nigerians watched with horror as APC thugs and security forces
traumatized and held voters hostage, murdered our compatriots, injured
and maimed many more in violent attacks that involved the deployment of
police helicopters.
“Our party has been made aware of the roles played by the Chairman of
INEC, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, as well as the Inspector General of Police,
Mohammed Adamu, in the elections.
“While we urge these officials to do some introspection on the anguish
they have caused the people since the rigging of the elections, the PDP
NWC assures that it will never hesitate to expose such ignoble roles at
the appropriate time.
“The irreversible fact remains that though evil may appear to thrive for
a while, truth and justice will always prevail at the end.
The APC and its candidates must bear in mind that what they could not
get through the ballot box, they cannot get by violence, manipulation
and killing.
“The PDP is therefore undeterred in the determination to use all
legitimate means available and allowed within our democratic practice to
confront the usurpers and retrieved our mandate in Kogi and Bayelsa
states.
“The PDP will also file legitimate actions against identified INEC and
security officials who aided the APC in the violent rigging of the
election.
“The NWC therefore urges all members of the PDP as well as all Nigerians
of good faith to remain strong, united and undeterred as the NWC
commences lawful actions in the pursuit of our mandates.
“Our party once again mourns our compatriots killed by the APC in this
election, including our Woman Leader, Acheju Abuh, who was burnt to
death by APC thugs at her home on Monday.
“While invoking the wrath of God on the perpetrators of the gruesome
killings, the party calls on the Police to immediately track down and
bring their killers to book.
“Indeed, their death will never be in vain as the mandates for which they
were killed will surely be recovered.”
