Edo Governorship: APC Replies PDP, Says Party Intimidated

The All Progressives Congress (APC) on Friday fired back at the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) over the allegation that it uncovered plot by the party to rig the forthcoming Edo State governorship election.

The PDP had moments ago alleged that it had uncovered plans by the APC to obstruct the guber polls scheduled for September 19.

The party said the plot was to be executed by Governors Abdullahi Ganduje of Kano, Hope Uzodinma of Imo and Yahaya Bello of Kogi State, who are members of the 49-member committee the Party’s high-level National Campaign Council for the election.

But deputy Spokesman of the APC, Yekini Nabena, described the statement of the opposition party as its “usual, diversionary, baseless and theatrical allegations.”

Nabena noted that the party “is intimidated by the quality, depth and political sagacity of the APC National Campaign Council deployed by the Governor Mai Mala Buni-led Caretaker/Extra-Ordinary National Convention Planning Committee to organise a formidable campaign structure to ensure success of the APC and our candidate, Pastor Osagie Ize-Iyamu during the election.”

According to him, the APC believes, practices, advocates and defends the principle of “One person, one vote,” adding that every valid vote must count during the September polls.

He further maintained that his “no interest in rolling in the mud with the PDP and engaging them in their senseless and drunken tirade.”

He said “Edo state is not dubbed the Heartbeat of the Nation for nothing. The Edo electorate is sensible, sophisticated and progressive. The focus of the APC is to display to the Edo electorate our pro-people credentials, infrastructure/development track record, social investments, wealth creation initiatives among others which is being replicated across APC states.

“We urge the PDP to concentrate on their deadbeat and empty campaign instead of the comic it has turned itself to. Edo is proudly an APC state.”