{"id":53053,"date":"2016-09-09T05:55:12","date_gmt":"2016-09-09T04:55:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/?p=53053"},"modified":"2016-09-09T05:55:12","modified_gmt":"2016-09-09T04:55:12","slug":"oshiomhole-inec-security-agencies-plotted-postponement-edo-election-says-edo-pdp","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/news\/oshiomhole-inec-security-agencies-plotted-postponement-edo-election-says-edo-pdp\/","title":{"rendered":"Oshiomhole, INEC, Security Agencies Plotted Postponement Of Edo Election, Says Edo PDP"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Edo State PDP said last night that the phantom security advice given<br \/>\nby the Independent National Electoral Commission for postponing the Edo<br \/>\ngovernorship election earlier scheduled for <span class=\"aBn\" tabindex=\"0\" data-term=\"goog_1882633520\"><span class=\"aQJ\">this Saturday<\/span><\/span> was orchestrated<br \/>\nin connivance with the Adams Oshiomhole-led APC in the face of imminent<br \/>\ndefeat in the election.<\/p>\n<p>The party in statement signed by State Publicity Secretary, Mr. Chris<br \/>\nNehikhare, stated this while responding to the decision by INEC to put off<br \/>\nthe gubernatorial election, relying on the purported security advice by<br \/>\nthe Nigeria Police Force and the Department Security Services.<\/p>\n<p>According the PDP, \u2018\u2019For us, the move by Independent National Electoral<br \/>\nCommission (INEC) to put off the election is shocking and unacceptable.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018\u2019We are taken aback by the rash security advice a day after the President<br \/>\nand Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of the Federal Republic of<br \/>\nNigeria, Muhammadu Buhari, was present at the final campaign rally of the<br \/>\nAPC in Benin City, which was concluded without any security hitch.\u2019\u2019<\/p>\n<p>The party further said that it was on record that INEC recently conducted<br \/>\na hitch free senatorial bye-election in Borno State, a state which had<br \/>\nremained a hotbed of terrorism and insurgency, yet the security agencies<br \/>\nsaw no reason to advise against the conduct of the election.<\/p>\n<p>Describing the INEC\u2019s action as \u2018\u2019lamentable, inexcusable and shameful\u2019\u2019,<br \/>\nPDP said it was sad to hear from these same security agencies that the Edo<br \/>\ngovernorship election could not be held in a state without a history of<br \/>\nsecurity threat and where in less than 24 hours, the President and all the<br \/>\nAPC leaders across the country had converged to hold their rally without<br \/>\nsecurity concerns.<\/p>\n<p>The party stated further, &#8220;We are therefore convinced that this phantom<br \/>\nsecurity advice is orchestrated in connivance with the APC in the face of<br \/>\nimminent defeat in the governorship election.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018\u2019It will be recalled that a few weeks ago, I alerted the good people of<br \/>\nEdo State and the entire country that there were devious and evil plans to<br \/>\npostpone the election, and I alluded to the fact that it was a ploy by the<br \/>\nAPC to destabilize the electoral process having sensed that the Edo people<br \/>\nwere fully prepared to vote them out in the governorship election.\u2019\u2019<\/p>\n<p>The party reminded all security agencies and INEC of their sacred duty and<br \/>\ncivic responsibility to uphold the due process of law by refraining from<br \/>\npartisanship in all elections including the Edo governorship, emphasizing<br \/>\nthat the people of Edo State are fully prepared to resist any evil plot to<br \/>\nmanipulate the governorship election in favour of the APC.<\/p>\n<p>It added: \u2018\u2019On my part and that of my great party, we have resolved to be<br \/>\nlaw abiding and to cooperate with the necessary authorities to ensure a<br \/>\nhitch-free election.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018\u2019May we use the opportunity to call on President Muhammadu Buhari&#8212;as<br \/>\nfather of the nation who has benefited from the process of a free and fair<br \/>\nelection, to caution the security agencies against plunging Edo State into<br \/>\navoidable security crisis just to satisfy the vaunting ambitions of the<br \/>\nAPC, Governor Adams Oshiomhole and his puppet candidate, Godwin Obaseki.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018\u2019We call on all eligible voters in Edo State to be rest assured that<br \/>\nwhenever the governorship election holds, their votes shall count and will<br \/>\nbe protected. The international community and election monitors should<br \/>\nalso frown at the security agencies\u2019 interference with the electoral<br \/>\nprocess aimed at compromising the independence of the INEC.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018\u2019Finally, we wish to declare that sovereignty remains with the people of<br \/>\nEdo State, and only they, and no one else, shall choose who their next<br \/>\ngovernor becomes.\u2019\u2019<\/p>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Related Posts generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Edo State PDP said last night that the phantom security advice given by the Independent National Electoral Commission for postponing the Edo governorship election earlier scheduled for this Saturday&hellip;<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Related Posts generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":52958,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-53053","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.8 - 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