The Peoples Democratic Party PDP has given the assurance that the party would record a landslide victory in the forthcoming November 16 gubernatorial poll in Kogi state.
PDP also stressed that the ruling All Progressive Congress would not get 30% of the total votes casts in the state.
The Deputy Director Public Communication of the PDP, Austin Okai Usman, disclosed this to newsmen as calls on security officials and other stakeholders to monitor the activities of APC ahead of the poll.
His statement reads in part “It has come to the notice of the PDP that because of the fear of losing the forthcoming election some persons are planning alternatively to cause crises in some local government in Kogi East, especially Ankpa, Idah, Dekina, Omala and Ibaji in the Eastern flank, Kabba, Koto, Lokoja, Yagba West and East in the West, as well as Ajaokuta and Ogori in the Central, so as to mull for staggered election in this areas to inflict thuggery/violence activities on the people
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“Accordingly, this is going to be the script of some persons in the state designed to play across the local government areas of the state, if the security officials refused to be alive to their responsibilities
“We hereby call on the IG of police, CG, Civil Defence, Chief of Army Staff and Commandant Army records, Major General Adewale Ogunkale to channel their positive operation of the military towards securing public utilities, lives and properties.”
The party also noted that its candidate, Musa Wada, had gotten massive support from the people of the state adding that, the people’s massive support for its candidate could only mean the people were tired of Governor Yahaya Bello.
The statement reads “this is coming on the heels of the massive support and solidarity enjoyed by the PDP candidate, Engineer Musa Wada, in the just-concluded tour of Kogi East and to also complement the ongoing arrest, kidnap, abduct, frame up been carried out in the state by some agents.”
The Deputy Director, also said “already, speculations were rife on the possible attack of some candidate in the coming election and his followers in Kogi Central.
“The PDP cautioned the police and other security agencies to take this security alarm very seriously as the already concluded arrangement was divulged from highly guarded and reliable sources working with the state government.”
He also said the PDP was determined to wrestle power from the current shylock leaders, and cannot afford to allow the human factor to manipulate the outcome of the election, “knowing fully well that the APC will not score beyond 30% of the total votes to be cast on November 16.”
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