The leadership of the Peoples Democratic
Party (PDP) has accused the military of
rigging the rerun governorship election in
Southern Ijaw local government area of
Bayelsa State for the All Progressives
Congress (APC).
The governorship election in the local
government, was last Saturday, rescheduled
to Sunday by the Independent National
Electoral Commission (INEC) over security
concerns.
However, as the election got underway
yesterday, the PDP claimed that a Major,
which it did not name, was behind a rigging
process for the APC, noting that the military
officer has handed most of the sensitive
materials to APC agents to fill and return as
results in the evening.
The statement by PDP national publicity
secretary, Olisa Metuh, read in part “hereby
alerts all concerned that the APC and the
military have connived to rig the elections in
Southern Ijaw local government area of
Bayelsa State.
“This rigging is being coordinated by the
same Army Major who supervised the
killings yesterday. The Major has handed
most of the sensitive materials to APC
agents to fill and return as results in the
evening.
“Southern Ijaw local government area is the
largest in the state and the APC wants to
use this scheme to inflate result figures in
favour of their candidate.”
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