Ahead of the 3rd February Bye-Election in Akoko North East/Akoko North West Federal Constituency in Ondo State, the People’s Democratic Party (PDP), has said that any attempt to rig the election will be resisted.
The party has appealed to President Bola Tinubu, to prevail on “the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to conduct free, fair and credible election”.
In a letter to the President, signed by its Publicity Secretary, Mr. Kennedy Peretei in Akure, the state capital, the party said that the “people’s votes must count as any attempt to rig the election will be resisted”.
He said that the President should ensure that security agencies conduct themselves professionally and that INEC, should be impartial
The letter reads: ” Our party notes the wilful attempts by certain elements in government with insatiable appetite for greed and avarice for power through any crooked means, to use this election to test the will of the people, no matter the dire consequences of such importunate and inordinate ambitions.
“These lazy politicians rather than meaningfully engage the electorates are again banking and shamelessly boasting on your support to skew the electoral process to their undue advantage.
“It is against this background that, we make this appeal to allow all those that will be on duty for this election to discharge their responsibilities professionally in order to strengthen our democracy”.
Peretei said that the bye election “will be another test for Nigeria’s democracy”.
