Press Statement
…Urges Security Forces to Protect The People
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) urges the people of Kogi and Bayelsa
state to remain at alert, resist all undemocratic brigand elements and
take all legitimate steps to protect their votes to the very end.
The party also charges INEC and security forces to ensure that nothing
happens to the ballots at every level and that results reflect only the
will of the people as expressed at the polling units.
The PDP cautions INEC to note that the people already know how they
voted; they already know the outcome of the polls at the respective
polling units, they already know how the parties are standing and as
such, will never accept any alternation of results at the collation
level.
The party also calls on the Inspector General of Police of Police,
Mohammed Adamu, and the military high command to be patriotic by taking
measures to assist and protect the people, in their quest to protect
their votes.
The PDP charges security forces to check the agents of Governor Yahaya
Bello and the APC, who are moving around collation centers with armed
hoodlums and compromised security personnel, shooting and disrupting
collation processes in their desperation to subvert the aspiration of
the people.
The IGP should therefore beef up security at the collation centers to
ensure that only legitimate votes count. This is because any result that
does not reflect the will of the people will surely not be accepted.
Signed:
Kola Ologbondiyan
National Publicity Secretary
