Kogi PDP Boycotts Rescheduled Assembly Election Over Alleged Insecurity

378
Spread the love

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Mopamuro LGA of Kogi State has announced boycott of today’s rescheduled House of Assembly election.

Recall that the State Houses of Assembly Elections held across the country yesterday, but that of Mopamuro LGA State Constituency was slated for today because the ballot papers of Ankpa LGA were wrongly sent to the constituency.

Confirming the boycott, Arc. Yomi Awoniyi said the leadership of Mopamuro LGA PDP, having consulted with the zonal and state leadership of the party, have withdrawn from today’s House of Assembly election.

The withdrawal, according to Awoniyi, the immediate past Kogi State Deputy Governor, is to essentially save lives and properties.

“The brazen ballot box snatching that was experienced in the adjoining local government areas in the yesterday’s elections, the shooting of party agents in a very senseless manner, harassment of PDP candidates in adjoining local government areas, particularly that of Yagba West to be specific and the influx of hoodlums from outside Mopamuro in addition to the incessant gunshots which had reign the skies at night for the last three days with the fact that the Mopamuro rescheduled House of Assembly election been a stand alone, where all the apparatus of thuggery would be unleashed in Mopamuro, the party feels our victory is not worth the blood of any citizen of this local government area.

“The party is therefore directing their party agents to steer clear from the election as we’re boycotting the election,” he said.

A letter boycotting the Assembly election, signed by the Local Government Party Chairman, Olasunmore Fatobi has already been submitted to the Kogi State Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC).


Spread the love



Leave a Reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *