ABUJA-
GOVERNORS elected on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP under
the aegis of PDP Governors’ Forum, PDPGF, yesterday warned that it would resist
any attempt to take Akwa Ibom and Rivers states which were won by the PDP in
the last election through the back door.
According
to the governors, citizens of both states must come out to protect their states
from those they described as desperate political vultures who do not mean well
for them.
In
a statement signed by the coordinator of the forum, Earl Osaro Onaiwu in Abuja
yesterday, the PDP governors noted that the All Progressives Congress, APC was
already boasting that it would take total control of these states through the
electoral tribunals.
The
governors also took a swipe at groups claiming that governorship elections did
not hold in Akwa Ibom and Rivers states in the last elections, warning that the
governors and the people will not fold their hands while what they termed, ugly
incident takes place.
According
to Osaro, the PDP governors forum noted that the Independent National Electoral
Commission, INEC which has been saddled with the legal authority to conduct
elections had already said that after investigations that credible elections
were held in Rivers state.
He
stressed that the outcome of the Akwa Ibom governorship elections should not be
a surprise to anyone as the last PDP governor performed tremendously well and
that the people of the state had no reason to change course.
Osaro
said, “The forum also decried the boastings of the All Progressives Congress,
APC to take both Akwa Ibom and Rivers States through the electoral tribunal,
noting that the only attraction for the APC is what they perceive as the
premium revenues of the two states.
“The
PDP Governors’ forum however lamented the abuse of freedom of speech by what it
described as self acclaimed observer groups who made spurious allegations about
the elections to please their sponsors, and called on security agencies to
reign in on these groups as they were capable of disrupting the peace with
their utterances.
“The
forum also decried the boastings of the All Progressives Congress, APC to take
both Akwa Ibom and Rivers States through the electoral tribunal, noting that
the only attraction for the APC is what they perceives as the premium revenues
of the two states.
“The
governors declared that any attempt to take the states through the back door
will be stiffly resisted by the PDP.
“The
statement called on the citizens of both states to protect their states from
desperate political vultures who do not mean well for them.”
By
Henry Umoru
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