The governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Pastor Osagie Ize-Iyamu has alerted the international community and the civil society groups over harassment and detention of members of the party ahead of the forthcoming election.

He also warned against the rigging of the election, insisting that the consequence of manipulating the election in favour of the All Progressives Congress(APC) would be too grave to manage.

Pastor Ize-Iyamu stated this at the weekend during his interactive session with members of the civil society coalition in Benin-City, the Edo State capital.
In a statement by the Pastor Ize-Iyamu Campaign Organisation, he said that members of the PDP are continuously being provoked by those he described by thugs and miscreants of the APC.

He said: “Before you know it, the same thugs will invite the police and innocent people are arrested; they are denied bail and when the agitation for bail becomes very pronounced, the police men decide to wash their hands off; it is because they know there is nothing in it. They will say it is assault, and disturbance of peace.

“And as they get to the Magistrate court, the Ministry of Justices will set in and say it is interested.”

The candidate said that many innocent PDP members are currently languishing in many police stations, especially the Sapele Road Police Station, saying that their offence was that they were attacked by APC’s thugs, and later arrested by the police, while pasting posters.

Advising the international community and the civil society groups to speak out now, Pastor Ize-Iyamu reminded them that an injury to one is an injury to all, saying, if the situation is allowed to continue, it would amount to inviting anarchy.

He said if the situation is not immediately checked, it would get to a stage where members of the PDP would no longer respect the police, and the people would begin to protect themselves.

He added: “I want to appeal to the international community and leaders of the civil society group to call the Edo State government to order. The APC today came in when the PDP was in government at the federal level. If former President Goodluck Jonathan had decided to use INEC, police and other security agencies, I am sure the story would have been different today, ’’ he further stated.

The APC today came in when the PDP was in government at the federal level. If former President Goodluck Jonathan had decided to use INEC, police and other security agencies, I am sure the story would have been different today, ’’ he further stated.

LORDOFAFONJAS:
The way PDP go take sweep Edo state, even fear go catch APC at Federal level.............