•Vows not to subject self to rules contrary to nation’s laws
By Lateef Ibrahim, Abuja
The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has rejected what it called the obnoxious and draconian imposition of a general payment of N5,000,000 (five million naira) for outdoor campaign materials, N2,000,000 (two million naira) for every billboard, N1,000,000 (one million naira) for every banner deployed and another N50,000,000 (fifty million naira) to be deposited as caution security by the All Progressives Congress, APC, led administration in Kogi State.
The PDP insisted that such devise is a calculated attempt by the weakened APC administration in Kogi State to defraud the opposition in the State.
This rejection was contained in a statement issued on Monday by the media team of Senator Dino Melaye, the PDP governorship candidate for the November 11, this year’s gubernatorial election in the State.
The PDP maintained that the guidelines were conceived in bad faith and out of tune with contemporary democratic ethos.
The party described It as another anti-people design by the failed administration of Governor Yahaya Bello.
The PDP maintained that as a lawful Party, it will not subject itself to any rule that is contrary to the laws of the Federation.
The statement reads in full, “The campaign decrees recently issued under the guise of guidelines for the use of campaign materials by the administration of the All-Progressives Congress (APC) and Governor Yahaya Bello in Kogi State is a vexatious, undemocratic and unrealistic attempt to evade contest, constrain the democratic field and stir-fry other political parties out of visibility before the November 11, 2023 gubernatorial election in Kogi State.
“The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) summarily rejects the repugnant, pugnacious, and unlawful guidelines of Bello and urges other parties as well as democratic lovers and institutions to reject these wicked rules.”
