The All Progressives Congress, APC, has said that the outcome of the last Saturday’s local council elections in Delta state only showed that the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, is dead.
The PDP, the ruling party in the state, swept the polls.
The APC while describing the party as a “sham,” also alleged that three of its members were shot while scores of others sustained machete wounds as a result of violence recorded in some parts of the state during the election.
In a statement Monday, the APC Chairman in the state, Jones Erue called for the total cancellation of the election, noting that upholding the election would mean that the Delta State Independent Electoral Commission, DSIEC, has connived with the PDP to rig his party out.
The statement reads thus, “DSIEC has in connivance with the People’s Democratic Party, PDP, perpetuated a greedy and political dynasty that is already gasping for life.
“This election was conducted in substantial non-compliance with the provisions set out in the DSIEC Law 2017 because sensitive election materials were not delivered as expected to most of the polling units where the actual elections were due to take place.
“The bastardization of this simple election that ought to be peaceful shows that PDP is now a dying party in the state, and that they were totally amazed by the level of preparedness, organization and mobilization that APC mustered across the entire state.
“Many Returning Officers were not at the polling units to conduct the elections nor to announce the outcome. For example, a DSIEC Returning Officer at Ozoro in Isoko North Local Government Area was arrested at a Hotel Annex in Ozoro facilitating illegal thumb-printing of votes, and was handed over to the Nigeria Police at Ozoro.
“We are not shocked by the outcome of the election because we had issued out a note of caution previously, warning about the potential for active connivance between DSIEC and PDP officials or agents.”
