The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), led by its National
Chairman, Sen. Iyorchia Ayu and National Working Committee members on Monday
urged the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to cancel the Feb.
25 Presidential election and to re-conduct a very credible election.
Ayu stated this while presenting a party protest letter to
INEC in Abuja.
Recall that INEC had declared the candidate of the All
Progressives Congress (APC), Bola Tinubu as the winner of the presidential
election.
Tinubu defeated the PDP presidential candidate, Atiku
Abubakar and his Labour Party counterpart, Peter Obi.
The former Lagos State governor has since received his
Certificate of Return.
“On behalf of the people of the Federal Republic of Nigeria,
the teeming members of the PDP, we present this protest letter to INEC,
addressed to the Commission Chairman, Professor Mahmood Yakubu,” Ayu said.
“We don’t accept the charades of what has been presented to
Nigeria people as election and what has been declared.
“We, there, call on INEC not only to cancel the election but
to re-conduct a very credible election, not only to Nigerians but also the
international community.”
Receiving the letter, Mr Festus Okoye, the INEC National
Commissioner and Chairman, Information and Voter Education Committee, commended
the PDP for a peaceful protest.
Okoye promised to submit the letter to the appropriate authorities
for necessary action.
“I have received this letter on behalf of the commission, if
there are remedial issues to be dealt with, we’re going to deal with those
remedial issues.
This commission is for the Nigerian people. Our allegiance is for the Federal Republic of Nigeria,” he said.
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