By Folorunsho Alagbede
The Adamawa State Chapter of Peoples Democratic Party, (PDP) says the official result of the just concluded governorship election in Edo State is daylight robbery.
The party, during a press briefing yesterday in Yola, urged the relevant offices of the PDP in Abuja and in Edo State to be quick in seeking legal redress.
The Adamawa State Chairman of the PDP, Ahmed Shehu who read out the text of the briefing at the state secretariat of the party in Yola, said the state chapter aligns with the party national chairman, Umar Damagum and the PDP governors that the Edo election was highly compromised.
The party chairman said the state chapter stands by the results presented by the chairman of the Edo PDP National Campaign Council, Governor Ahmadu Fintiri which indicated that the PDP candidate in the Edo election, Dr Asue Ighodalo got the highest votes
“We abhor the desperation of the All Progressives Congress (APC) which employed all lethal means, including violent manipulation to subvert the wishes of the generality of Edo people,” Ahmed Shehu said.
He added that the “daylight political robbery by the APC” is a threat to Nigeria’s democracy and may in particular worsen growing political apathy.
“We wish to state that we are solidly behind our national party leadership taking any legal measure to ensure that the stolen mandate in Edo State is retrieved,” he said.
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