The ruling Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Edo state has declared that it would make rigging impossible for the All Progressives Congress (APC) and its candidate, Osagie Ize-Iyamu during the incoming governorship election in the state.
News reports that the party in a thread of tweet on Thursday, July 9, said that the APC should desist from its plots to rig the Edo election, saying that the people of the state would firmly resist it.
The party asked members of the APC to blame themselves for their current woes and get ready to accept their inevitable crushing defeat at the poll.
It also noted that it is only a discredited and rejected party like the APC that would enlist the services of known election manipulators, who have now started their assignment by sponsoring fake reports, to run its campaign.
The national chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Uche Secondus, during a political rally in 2019.
Source: Depositphotos "The public has not also forgotten how an individual, who came a distant fourth in the Imo state governorship election, suddenly became the winner. "Nigerians can also recall how, in the Kogi election last year, gunmen and police helicopter were used to chase away voters, while an innocent woman, Salome Abuh, was killed by APC thugs in celebration of their bloodstained electoral conquest in the worst election in our political history as a nation," the party tweeted.

It added that Nigerians already know how the “Gandollar” election was driven by mercenaries from neighboring countries who disrupted electoral processes and inflicted injuries and pain on its compatriots. "It is common knowledge among Nigerians that characters, such as ‘gandollar’, the killers in the Kogi election as well as manipulators in the Imo election, being paraded by the face of their campaign in Edo state, were foisted into office through rigging, bloodletting and manipulation of election results.

Meanwhile, Legit.ng had previously reported that Pastor Ize-Iyamu alleged that the PDP lacks tact and strategy to win the election. It was reported that Ize-Iyamu wondered why the PDP would decide to field Governor Godwin Obaseki as its candidate after condemning him as a non-achiever. He said it was confusing for PDP leaders to be singing Obaseki’s praise after describing him as a failure who deceived the courts and the INEC with counterfeit credentials.

There's no election in Nigeria that wasn't rigged. Fact.

Is PDP not making too much noise ? Abeg do una homework or una go shock. 2019 result never shock una or the last Edo election result never teach una lesson. Over confidence . This is Nigeria where Kano is more populated than Lagos. This is Nigeria where...someone who failed woefully first term won convincingly for a 2nd term. Kogi , Osun etc should be a reminder. It was only miracle una still get Rivers and Bayelsa.