The All Progressives Congress (APC) has slammed the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) over its
desperation to capture Lagos State at all cost, including using fake result sheets which were flown in from Abuja for Saturday’s elections, warning that the people will resist any attempt to rob them
of their votes.
In a statement in Lagos on Friday by its National Publicity
Secretary, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, the party said the rigging plans are
being led by President Goodluck Jonathan, who has already flown into
Lagos where he has held a meeting with his point men, including
Musiliu Obanikoro, Jimi Agbaje and Gani Adams.
It said that before the meeting, eagle-eyed Nigerians who are appalled
by the PDP’s rigging plans have widely circulated on the Social Media
the details of the planned electoral malfeasance, including the
airlifting from Abuja to Lagos of a Black Kia Mohave SUV, with plate
number DHQ 340, which was packed with election materials (especially
result sheets).
”The meeting in Lagos was aimed at devising a strategy to distribute
the fake result sheets that were packed into the SUV, which will be
free to move around (because of its plate number) despite the
restriction on vehicular movement during the elections.
”It is sad that the same President, who conceded defeat in the
presidential election and then followed up with a speech in which he
said he would like his ‘legacy’ of free and fair elections to endure,
is the one who is presiding over a desperate move to steal
the people’s votes on Saturday.
”How can President Jonathan’s ‘legacy’ endure when one of his last
acts in office is a seeming vengeance mission to lead his party to
capture Lagos, because the PDP sees the state as a cash cow that they
can milk to death, with the party’s gravy train at the federal level
having derailed?” the party queried.
”In their desperation over the Lagos election, they have shamelessly
divided the people along ethnic, religious and regional lines, thus
setting the stage for the condemnable hate speeches to which they have
in turn latched on to further whip up primordial sentiments.
”The PDP cannot now seek to benefit from the problems it caused in
the first instance. This party (PDP) and its leader, the President,
have divided Nigerians in general and Lagos residents in particular
more than any individual or group and at any time in history. If today
things are being said that should not have been said, it is the direct
consequence of the PDP’s divisiveness,” APC added.
The party advised the President to desist from any vengeance mission
that will only rubbish whatever is left of his so-called legacy of
free and fair elections.
It urged all APC members and supporters, and indeed all the good
people of Lagos, to be extra vigilant on Saturday to thwart the evil
machinations of the fallen behemoth called the PDP.
”Lagosians, please come out en masse on Saturday and vote in a
peaceful manner for a candidate of your choice. Say no to coercion,
defend your votes and repudiate all architects of divisiveness and
rigging,” APC said.
