The Peoples Democratic Party has 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.<\/p>\n
The ruling party said 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.<\/p>\n
PDP Acting National Publicity Secretary Tony Caesar Okeke in statement said 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.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe 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.”<\/p>\n
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 \u201ccooked election results\u201d.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe governor\u2019s attempt to browbeat the alertness of the\u00a0 people of Oguta and force INEC to shirk its responsibilities failed woefully.
\nUnderstandably, INEC had in a statement today expressed huge \u2018disappointment at the culture of thuggery, intolerance and unruly conduct\u2019 of APGA at the elections.<\/p>\n
The PDP also said the successive Oguta rerun election in which it\u00a0 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.<\/p>\n
It advised the Imo Governor and the opposition to take clue 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.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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