PDP raises alarm over alleged APC plot to alter results in Katsina, other states

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PDP raises alarm over alleged APC plot to alter results in Katsina, other states

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has raised alarm over reports which it said is already in public space, that some Governors , are allegedly mounting pressure on officials of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), to alter the results of the February 25, 2023 Presidential elections in favour of the All Progressives Congress (APC).

In a statement signed by its National Publicity Secretary, Hon. Debo Ologunagba, in Abuja, on Sunday, the PDP deplored what it described as the desperation of these governors whom it accused of trying to subvert the will of Nigerians.

Ologunagba said, “These desperate APC governors are allegedly pressuring and blackmailing INEC officials to manipulate the results and transfer massive votes validly cast for the PDP and its Presidential Candidate, Atiku Abubakar to the rejected APC and its Presidential Candidate, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu.

“Our Party has been informed that this nefarious scheme by the APC governors is responsible for the stalling of collation of election results in Katsina, Kano, Kaduna, Zamfara and other APC States where the Presidential Candidate of the APC is alleged to have released over N11 billion per State to rig the election in his favour.

“This, our Party has been made aware, is responsible for the unexplained delay in the transmission of election results from the said States to INEC Server in Abuja and the commencement of formal announcement of results by the INEC Chairman.

“There are reports that the situation is heightening apprehensions and is capable of triggering a breakdown of Law and Order in these States if not immediately addressed and election results as cast at the Polling Units are transparently collated and transmitted to INEC Headquarters in Abuja.

“The PDP in the strongest terms demands that the Chairman of INEC, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu cautions the Commission’s officers in Kaduna, Kano, Katsina and Zamfara States not to tamper with the results of the election as cast at the Polling Units.

“The INEC Chairman should also direct the immediate transmission of the results to INEC Server.

“The APC governors must respect the Will of the people as expressed at the ballot as anything to the contrary will be firmly resisted by Nigerians.”

The PDP urged its supporters and Nigerians as a whole to remain calm, alert and use every means necessary within the ambit of the law to ensure that their Will is not subverted by the APC.