Governor of Imo State, Chief Rochas Anayo Okorocha, has
been advised not introduce election ideas, capable of igniting political
uprising in the State.
The PDP berated Imo State Governor, Chief Rochas Okorocha over what it
called a persistent desperate attempt to truncate the wish of the people
in the recent Imo State Assembly rerun election, describing his actions
as shamelessly undemocratic.
The ruling party in a statement obtained by the PSN, said that it was
unfortunate that Okorocha deployed thugs whose violent activities
disrupted elections in parts of the constituency when he discovered that
the PDP was in clear lead.
PDP Acting National Publicity Secretary Tony Caesar Okeke, said that the
blatant attempt by the Governor and his party, the APGA to rig the
election and the subsequent sustained bizarre efforts by them to
unilaterally declare a fraudulent election result even after the INEC
had declared same inconclusive, is a window into the jaundiced
disposition of the opposition to free and fair elections.
“The Imo State Governor, Chief Rochas Okorocha needs to urgently
retrace his steps; advise himself and halt this rapid, rabid descent
into barefaced dictatorship. Unfortunately and shamefully too,
authoritarianism is fast nibbling away the hard won democracy in the
Eastern Heartland, with Okorocha furiously dancing naked to this macabre
beats with his two ears shut.\"
The statement added that it was only desperation that could force a
sitting governor to run from pillar to post, ridiculing himself and his
office with “cooked election resultsâ€.
“The governor’s attempt to browbeat the alertness of the people of
Oguta and force INEC to shirk its responsibilities failed woefully.
Understandably, INEC had in a statement today expressed huge
‘disappointment at the culture of thuggery, intolerance and unruly
conduct’ of APGA at the elections.
The PDP also said the successive Oguta rerun election in which it has
continued to show electoral superiority despite intimidation and various
acts of violence by the APGA led Imo State government is a clear
indication of the acceptance of the party in Imo state and Nigeria in
general.
It advised the Imo Governor and the opposition to take a cue from
President Goodluck Jonathan whose principled stand on bequeathing a
legacy of credible elections must be supported by all, adding that
democracy can only gain firm footing in the country with the cooperation
of leaders at all levels
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