Ahead of the November 16 governorship elections in Kogi state, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has revealed subterranean plans to deny voters their franchise.
In a statement signed by Deputy Director of Public Communication, Usman Okai Austin, PDP revealed that as part of the plot to rig the elections, some local governments and polling units have been marked out to be under-supplied with voting materials including late delivery of sensitive materials from the electoral body, INEC.
In addition, the plot is said to include the use of armed thugs to chase away opposition figures from the polling units in order to perpetuate their acts and deny Kogi electorate the opportunity to freely choose who runs the affairs of the state.
Okai charged all concerned stakeholders to rise to the occasion and ensure that this plot at truncating the setting up of genuine democratic structure is not allowed to stand.
“Targeted areas in this plot are Igala land and Kogi east which have been identified as the strongholds of the opposition and where majority votes for the PDP will come from and as such, everything possible must be done to ensure that agents of darkness and evil doers fail in their plan,” he said.
Okai assured registered voters in the state that the plan will fail. He said determined electorate have vowed to ensure that Kogites will stand up to defend their franchise and decide who leads them, come November 16th.
