Bayelsa, Kogi Polls: Rivers PDP Tasks INEC On Transparency

Ahead of the governorship elections in Bayelsa and Kogi States, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Rivers State, has called on the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) and security agencies to be fair to all parties.
The party also appealed to security agencies to ensure that political parties and candidate were not intimidated or harassed during the polls in the two states.
The State Publicity Secretary of the PDP, Darlington Orji stated this while fielding questions from newsmen in Port Harcourt, the State capital.
Orji further said security agencies should not allow a repeat of what happened on the March 9 Governorship election in Rivers State, where according to him voters were allegedly intimidated.
The State PDP spokesman, however, called on the people of Bayelsa to learn from what happened in Rivers State where voters stood firm despite obvious intimidation.
”Security agencies should be impartial in their judgment to make sure they allow all and provide opportunity for everybody to go and cast their votes.
”For us in Rivers State, experience has taught us a lot. So Bayelsa should also learn from us here and stand firm at all times. We do not want a situation where people will be cajoled, people will be intimidated, harassed and molested to cast their votes.
”So, INEC should not be partial, let them be unbiased and make sure that the most popular candidate will win that election. My advice to give to our people in Bayelsa is to stand firm and believe that after primaries it behoves on all of us to come together.
”Primaries is a process of having a candidate emerge and know a candidate that emerge. So all hands must be on deck to deliver Bayelsa State,” Orji said.

Dennis Naku