The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has asked the Attorney General of the Federation, Abubakar Malami, to immediately vacate his office for “harrying and misleading” the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) into arriving at “an unconstitutional decision” to allow the APC to substitute its candidate in the inconclusive Kogi state governorship election.
“The party is shocked that INEC, a supposedly independent electoral umpire, could allow itself to succumb to the antics of the APC by following the unlawful directive of an obviously partisan AGF to substitute a candidate in the middle of the ballot process,” said a statement signed by the PDP spokesperson, Olisa Metuh.
“We are all aware that the two legal documents guiding INEC in the conduct of elections; the Constitution and the Electoral Act, have provisions for electoral exigencies as well as empower the electoral body to fully take responsibility for any of its actions or inaction without undue interference from any quarters whatsoever.
“We are therefore at a loss as to which sections of these two relevant laws, INEC and the AGF relied on in arriving at their bizarre decision to substitute a dead candidate in an on-going election even after the timelines for such has elapsed under all the rules.”
The PDP said INEC as a statutory body has the full complements of technical hands in its legal department to advice it appropriately and we wonder why it had to wait for directives from the AGF, an external party, if not for partisan and subjective interest.
“Consequently, the PDP rejects in its entirety, this brazen move by the APC and INEC to circumvent the laws and ambush the yet-to-be concluded election by introducing a practice that is completely alien to the constitution and the electoral act.
“The clear implication of this action of the AGF and INEC is that the APC would be fielding two different governorship candidates in the ongoing Kogi election, meaning that INEC would be transferring votes cast for late Abubakar Audu to another candidate, scenarios that have no place in the constitution of the land.
“Whereas the PDP, in honour of the sanctity of human life and respect for the dead, had since Sunday refrained from making comments on the conduct of the election, we can no longer maintain such in the face of the barefaced attack on our democracy,” the party.
The party said the INEC under the leadership of Mahmood Yakubu has shown itself as partisan, morally bankrupt and obviously incapable of conducting a credible election within our laws.
“In view of the foregoing therefore, the PDP demands an immediate resignation of the INEC chairman, as the nation’s democracy cannot afford to be left in the hands of an electoral umpire that cannot exert its independence and the sanctity of the electoral process,” the PDP said.
In view of the developments, the National Working Committee of the PDP summoned an emergency National Caucus meeting on Wednesday to take a decision “on this obvious threat to our democracy”.


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APC has bastardized everything in this country!

By the way, Olisa Metuh shouldn't have helped them raise alarm so that when they win the election, PDP will have some evidence to table to the court on why the winner should vacate the office.

haters will always have one funny thing to say

APC is scam

PDP in their unfairness to the nation would have still said something else if the decision was different!
They have not made any position known since and even now in his 'wisdom' the scribe has not provided any way forward but all he has to say is that the RULE OF NECESSITY brought to being by their party in the past can no longer suffice in the present! Evil! Evil!! Evil!!!
The heart of men is desperately wicked!
If you say cancel the election because you are a PDP apologist, is that one provided for in the Constitution? Hian

Nigeria is on long tin,
watching in 4D

,.

Amiano:
Nigeria is on long tin, watching in 4D

Ra ra, na 8D , yanmoyanmo oshi

Okay now! INEC is an independent entity... Way Out of the Authority of the AG!

Only A court can rule on the next step! Since they are the one's saddled with the responsibility of interpreting laws!

I said this yesterday and got the ugly side of the Only she-male left on earth! NgeneUkwenu!

So lawyers now and not judges interprete laws?

Too many dumb fellows On NL!

Lalasticlala please move this to the FP!

I dey find front page, bear with me please. I will comment Lata, no time to read now, let the hustle continue

PDP and Metuh will always react! They are Goners and know very well they have already lost.Metuh exhibiting the Last kicks of a dying Horse.
Bayelsa will be won by APC
Rivers will be worn by APC
Akwa ibom for PDP

After all,Let the Wailing continue.......

PDP and their wahala

INEC has interpreted it the best way it can.
If pdp feels cheated because they feel Kogi people gave them a mandate, they should head to court.
Did they see the AGF Givin inec directives?

Useless party! Always trying to be relevant but are irrelevant

totally agree with olisa metuh. Inec has beeen thrown to d dogs, completely bastardized n independence destroyed. accepting oders for a piece of bone. Let d supreme court interpret d laws.

End time demand.

PDP, Oya how we go take do am jare?
should the deputy take over?
should they conduct a new primaries?
should INEC cancel the election?
see your mouth oliseh, I know you'll choose the last option. Just go to court, let's settle it there.