PDP Accuses INEC Of Conspiring With APC

The National Publicity Secretary of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Olisa Metuh has accused the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) of conniving with the All Progressive Congress to deny non-indigenes in Lagos State their Permanent Voter Cards.


Mr. Olisa Metuh, according to Punch, made these allegations at a press briefing in Abuja yesterday, January 4, while reacting to allegations that PDP bribed some Christian leaders for the purpose of helping President Goodluck Jonathan to win the February 14 presidential election. 

According to him, the PVCs belonging to the PDP supporters were being burnt in some states, and that the party had reported the matter to the electoral body.

Metuh said: “This has never happened before but we don’t know why the APC is doing such; may be because we have a credible presidential candidate and may be because we have a credible governorship candidate in Lagos State.

“We have the records and we are asking the non-indigenes involved that if by Friday, INEC still do not give them their PVCs, we will take a decisive action.

“We know that 90 per cent of these non-indigenes are supporters of the PDP. This is part of the APC Janjaweed ideology to truncate democracy in this country.

“The APC have been saying they were on top of the election, but now that it is obvious that PDP is on top, that President Goodluck Jonathan will win the election, they have resorted to causing mayhem.”

Metuh also denied that some PDP governors were trying to defect to the APC, arguing that the PDP governors had been participating in the party’s nationwide presidential campaigns.

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