ACN, PDP in war of words over 6 states
On April 25, 2011 · · In Headlines

By Emmanuel Aziken, Leke Adeseri, Chidi Nkwopara, Demola Akinyemi & Dapo Akinrefon
LAGOS—THE Action Congress of Nigeria, ACN, and Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, were last night engaged in a war of words over alleged plans to rig tomorrow’s gubernatorial election in seven flashpoint states.

The ACN was the first to fire the salvo when it identified Lagos which it presently controls and Ogun, Oyo, Kwara, Akwa Ibom, Benue and Imo as states the PDP was planning to rig it out in tomorrow’s election.

Lagos State chapter of the ACN in its dispatch warned that any plan to rig it out of the governance of the state would provoke a reaction that could set the country on fire.

PDP chieftains in the seven states were, however, quick to dismiss the ACN’s insinuations in their separate reactions.
Kwara State chapter of the PDP said ACN’s insinuation was part of that party’s “normal propaganda scheme,” while the Imo chapter of the PDP described the allegations as another “unchristian, diversionary and baseless” insinuation against the Ikedi Ohakim led PDP administration.
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The Lagos State chapter of PDP on its part called on law enforcement agents to swing into action immediately and arrest whatever plans the ACN was hatching to cause riot in the event it lost tomorrow’s gubernatorial election in the State.

ACN’s assertions which were made in a press statement issued by its National Publicity Secretary, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, alleged that the PDP was aiming to rig the election in its favour in the aforementioned states using the cover that victory would be a continuation of the support given the party during the recent presidential election won by its candidate, Dr. Goodluck Jonathan.

Mohammed said: “The plank of the PDP’s bravado is that it will ride on the back of the ‘victory’ of President Goodluck Jonathan in the state in the April 16 presidential election.”

Warning that the fire of the people would come upon those with the rigging plans, he said that manipulations would also not be tolerated in “any of the states in which the party (ACN) was poised to carry the day, barring any systematic rigging by the irredeemable PDP, especially Ogun, Oyo, Kwara, Akwa Ibom, Benue and Imo states, just to mention a few.

He added: “What the people want is a genuinely free, fair and credible election. The seemingly free and fair poll so far, under the Modified Open Ballot System, has now been proven to be a facade in the real sense, since the poor oversight by INEC as well as observers at the various levels of the collation stage has given room for the PDP to massively doctor or out rightly cook up figures.”

pdp cant win lagos that i am sure of, ogun too is certain for acn

lagos, ondo, oyo, benue are certain for ACN, if no rigging.

akwa ibom and kwara, good shot too.