The Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Celebration (PDP) in Edo State, Dr Anthony Aziegbemi has stated the celebration has efficiently filed a petition towards what he described because the September 21 governorship election theft, noting that the celebration is assured of reclaiming its alleged stolen mandate.
Aziegbemi disclosed this whereas briefing journalists on Monday, in Benin Metropolis, the Edo State capital.
The celebration additionally alleged a devious ploy of the All Progressive Congress (APC) to stall the order given by a reliable Court docket for the PDP, to examine election supplies on the workplace of the Impartial Nationwide Electoral Fee (INEC) at Aduwawa, and had been tactical, thereby beating the APC to its personal recreation.
The PDP chair stated, “Now we have begun the journey to reclaim the individuals’s mandate and a petition has been filed earlier than the Edo State Election Tribunal. Towards all odds, the petition has been filed as APC’s plan is for us to not efficiently file the petition. The mandate given to PDP can be reclaimed.
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“Now we have put our fingers the place the issue is and the election tribunal will certainly give us our mandate primarily based on overwhelming proof earlier than them.”
Aziegbemi alleged that whereas the PDP was busy gathering proof to pursue its case on the tribunal, the APC and its chairman, Jarret Tenebe had been mendacity and spreading falsehood to actualise the evil ploy of the APC.
He acknowledged, “As our celebration was busy gathering proof for the petition, APC and its chairman, Jarret Tenebe had been busy peddling lies. He lied that the PDP is disrupting actions within the INEC workplace forgetting that the method is within the curiosity of the PDP. Why ought to PDP now be the celebration to disrupt the train that’s in its favour?
“If APC actually gained the September twenty first governorship election in Edo State, why are they inflicting confusion and issues within the INEC workplace? They lie with out pondering it by way of.
“They had been disrupting the method as a result of it isn’t of their favour. If you happen to gained, why battle exhausting to cease the opposite particular person from inspecting the method? Are you stopping the individuals to see the way you gained?”
He additional famous, “On the twenty fourth of September 2024, I penned a memo to the Nationwide Headquarters of INEC in Abuja. I premised that memo on the availability of the Electoral Acts, part 65 (1C), the powers of INEC to evaluate outcomes after one week of declaration. The reply from INEC will shock you.
“They stated of their reply that the part of the Electoral Act is for inner functions solely, not for outsiders or candidates, or celebration’s use on a declaration already made by returning officers.”
On the discharge of PDP chieftains arrested earlier than the elections, Aziegbemi stated, “Earlier than the election, most of our members had been arrested by a particular unit of the Nigerian Police from Abuja. It would curiosity you to notice that a lot of the guys have been launched as they paid cumulatively about N64 million and the police stated bail is free.
“As we converse, they’re nonetheless planning to arrest extra of our members simply to verify we don’t get collectively to pursue our trigger. Now we have taken a choice on briefing you weekly to allow you to know the happenings within the political scene.”
On his half, the Director Basic of the Edo State PDP Governorship Marketing campaign Council, Mathew Iduoriyekemwen stated, “Democracy provides us the constitutional proper to vote for who will lead us and that constitutional proper can’t be denied Edo individuals; that’s the reason now we have taken steps to pursue our case to a logical conclusion.”
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