 Governorship Campaign Council in Kogi State has called on the general public to hold the SDP.){kind=link}
The All Progressives Congress (APC) Governorship Campaign Council in Kogi State has called on the general public to hold the Social Democratic Party (SDP) accountable if anything untoward happens at the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) office in Lokoja.
The APC campaign council stated that the party was certain that the SDP’s false alert about an alleged planned attack on the INEC office intended to cover up the party’s evil goal of torching the INEC office and blaming it on the APC.
“As they know they have no evidence to substantiate their characteristic lies about the credibility of the Kogi State Governorship Poll that has been adjudged as the best in the democratic history of our dear state.”
The APC campaign council urged security agencies to beef up security around INEC offices.
The APC campaign council’s Director of Media and Publicity/Spokesperson, Mr Kingsley Fanwo, made the calls on Sunday night, in a statement issued in Lokoja.
The statement said, “Their clandestine move to cover up their propaganda-fuelled claims about the election is well documented as we call on security agencies to fortify security around the Offices of the Independent National Electoral Commission across the state.
“No amount of propaganda can help their baseless, senseless, unsubstantiated claims after their scorecard at the Poll was at complete variance with their boastful pre-election posture. They have resorted to attacking INEC and everyone except themselves. Such is the sorry state of a party and its candidate who lacks the political pedigree to challenge the politically rooted APC in Kogi State.
“Despite their intimidation in some parts of the state, INEC conducted a credible, free and fair election and the security agencies also ensured that the votes of the people counted.
“We commend Kogites for standing up to ethnic bigots by responding resoundingly with votes that reflected our unity as a people.
“No one is afraid of the legal challenge of the SDP. They failed to win the election, failed to steal ballot boxes, failed to disunite our state and our people. They were in the race to fail endlessly.”
The SDP in a statement by its Director General, New Media, MuriSam Campaign Council, Mr Isaiaon Sunday claimed that it had uncovered plans to burn down the INEC Office in Kogi State.
“It has come to our notice via grave vines that there is an urgent need for security to be beefed around the Kogi INEC office in order to avert the sinister plot to burn down the office by mandate bandits,” Ijele alleged.