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The Kogi State Chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party Presidential Campaign Council has warned Governor Yahaya Bello and the Independent National Electoral Commissioner, not to test the will of Kogi people by upturning the wishes and aspiration of the people as reflected in yesterday’s elections.
In a statement signed by Bode Ogunmola, secretary PDP PCC, says the PDP having won in the Presidential, all Senatorial districts and federal constituency elections is worried that the governor working in connivance with INEC is manipulating the results.
The PDP PCC posited that the party’s presidential candidate won landslide in the state, said the party’s victory in the three senatorial districts and nine federal constituency is a matter all in the public domain, warned against tempering with the results.
The PDP pointed out that all polling units results in it possession, as gotten through its agents, certified by all the returning officers put the PDP in the lead in the elections, lamented that presently governor Yahaya Bello, is fraudulently trying to change figures to suit his whims.
The PDP PCC says Sen. Dino Melaye has not only won in seven local government areas of the constituency, in the three federal constituencies, the party disclosed too that it has equally won in two out of the federal constituencies in the West, Lokoja Kogi and Kabba Bunu Ijumu, warned against tempering with the peoples will and wish.
The PDP disclosed that having made a good showing in the East, lamented that the governor working with INEC and security personnel are moving from collation centres all in an attempt to frustrate the decision made by the people, warned the governor not to set the state on fire by his desperation.
The PDP PCC says the fraudulent election in the Central Senatorial District where results where outrightly written cannot stand, says it has evidence of widespread malpractice where results were just entered in to form ECA on the governor’s prompting.
The PDP PCC therefore call on the Kogi state REC, Prof James Apam, not to allow himself to be used, warning that changing figures and results as has began and is been contemplated by the APC led administration is a recipe for ceaseless crisis if not checked.
The PDP PCC therefore Call on its members, polling agents to keep their duplicate results sheets intact, and also asked the public to protect the public results displayed on all walls at polling units, as the APC led administration wants to be clever by half.
The PDP PCC urged INEC to without further delay announced all the results won by the PDP, warning that it should not stretch the peoples patience.