PDP Chieftain Cautions APC Over Provocative Utterances

A Peoples Democratic
Party (PDP) Chieftain in Rivers State and former Mayor of Port Harcourt Local Government Area, Chief Azubuike Nmerukini has advised members of the All Progressives Congress (APC) to stop whipping up sentiments and do the right thing if their party is willing to rule the country.
Speaking with The Tide in an interview in Port Harcourt recently, Nmerukini warned APC against making provocative statements capable of creating disunity and misunderstanding among Rivers people.
He blamed most of the killings and crisis that trailed the recent legislative re-run elections on the unguided statements by some APC members, stressing the need for politicians to have the electorate at heart by ensuring they get the dividend of their mandate.
Nmerukini, a one-time chairman, Local Government Commission in the state condemned the lapses that characterised the re-run elections, saying the umpire was part of the problems Nigerians encounter during elections.
According to him, INEC has proved itself as a failure by not allowing the choice of people to prevail through voting, adding “the election umpire has been deceiving Nigerians thereby creating room for unwarranted disagreements after elections.
Blaming the INEC for most of the flaws witnessed during the legislative re-run elections in the state, the PDP statwart said it allowed itself to be manipulated against the wish of the voters.
He condemned the violent acts perpetrated in some parts of the state before and after the elections, just as he commended the voters and supporters of the PDP who sacrificed  their time to come out enmasse to vote on March 19, 2016.

Shedie Okpara