PDP Accuses Presidency, APC
THE Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) yesterday
alleged that the President Muhammadu Buhari-
led All Progressives Congress (APC) government
had pulled in partisan military operatives to
assist it in rigging today’s Kogi State
governorship election.
The opposition party said intelligence
information available to it showed that
some compromised military personnel
led by a senior officer of the rank of a
Colonel had been detailed by the
Presidency to carry out specific
assignments in support of the APC
candidate in the election.
PDP National Publicity Secretary, Chief
Olisa Metuh, in a statement, said the
development was not only a recipe to
civil disorder but also a clear invitation
to total disruption of free and fair polls
in the state if not immediately checked.
The statement reads in part: “Available
intelligence shows that the deployment
to Kogi State of the Army Colonel, who is
a known APC sympathizer is part of the
fallout of last week’s secret meeting
coordinated by the Secretary to the
Government of the Federation (SGF),
where orders were issued to clamp-down
on PDP members and supporters to pave
way for some pliable INEC officials to
manipulate the election in favour of the
APC.
“Compromised troops have already been
detailed to Dekina Local Government
Area, the largest PDP stronghold in the
state and home of Governor Idris Wada,
where they have been instructed to
create panic, strong-arm PDP supporters,
frighten and scare away voters,
ostensibly to deprive our party of its
expected large votes from the area.
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