The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has accused Kogi State governor Yahaya Bello of breeding fake police men and the Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC), Prof. James Apam, of plans to compromise the forthcoming Presidential and National Assembly elections by substituting trained ad hoc staff for preferred APC candidates.
PDP also said
it has lost confidence in Commissioner of Police Hakeem Buhari of being
neutral in the election and asked for his immediate transfer and that
of the REC from Kogi State.
In a statement signed by Idris
Abubakar Lokoja, Chairman of the PDP in Lokoja LGA, it also accused the
REC of giving out the unclaimed PVC of the local government area to the
ruling APC to enable them manipulate the election to their favour.
But
in a swift reaction, the REC, Proof James Apam, said INEC under his
leadership will never compromise, saying the PDP’s fear was unfounded.
He
said all the sensitive materials, including the card readers, were
immediately retrieved after the postponement and were moved to the CBN
for safe keeping, stressing that there was no way the PVC could be
substituted as it contains thump prints identities of individuals
Meanwhile, at a stakeholders meeting the State NYSC coordinator, Ahile Oludolapo, expressed fear
that NYSC kits will be made available to fake corps members during the election, saying they could be kidnapped and replaced.
She said the parents of the corps members do not want them to participate in the elections following its postponement.
However, the REC said there should be no fear of fake corps members being used to conduct the elections.
Also
reacting, the governor’s media aide, Kingsley Fanwo, said the PDP has
reduced itself to peddling allegations instead of campaigning as hard as
the APC.
He said the APC state leadership under Governor Yahaya
Bello has campaigned hard across the state “and we are confident of
winning the elections convincingly.”
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