The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has described the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC’s) mega rally which held at the Samuel Ogbemudia Stadium in Benin City on Tuesday, September 6 as a ‘show of shame’.
The PDP, in a statement it released on Wednesday, September 7, wondered how the party chieftains could be dancing and celebrating when the country is in a recession and Nigerians are witnessing greater suffering than they ever have in decades.
(L-R): APC chairman, John Odigie-Oyegun, President Muhammadu Buhari, Edo state governor, Adams Oshiomhole, his wife Iara and other party members during the campaign.
“We watched with dismay the show of disgrace and embarrassment by the APC in their ‘Recession Rally’ in Benin City and wondered how the Party will gather in front of the people they have impoverished with their high taxations, hunger, stagnation, poverty and insecurity, and still has such impudence to make the same empty promises,” the statement, which was signed by Chinwe I. Nnorom, the party’s head of publicity division, read.
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The opposition then called on Edo electoral to prevent the continuation of the current economic crisis by refusing to vote for the APC’s candidate, Godwin Obaseki.
“Ahead of the Saturday, September 10, 2016 Gubernatorial Election in Edo State, the Leadership of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has once again called on the people of Edo State to avoid voting in the ‘Recession Team’ which will be a repeat of the mistake of the 2015 General Elections, and vote for its Flag-bearers, Pastor Osagie Ize-Iyamu and Hon. John Yakubu as Governor and Deputy Governor of the State, respectively.
Osagie Ize-iyamu is PDP’s candidate in Edo election on September 10
The party also went on to caution INEC and the police to avoid taking sides in the Edo election on Saturday, September 10.
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“The PDP also cautioned the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to put everything in place to avoid another inconclusive election and urged the Security Agencies especially, the newly posted Commissioner of Police to Edo State, Mr. Fimihan Adeoye to remain neutral,” the party warned.
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