The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), says it has resolved to petition the United Nations over the role allegedly played by the Nigerian military in the Feb. 23 Presidential and National Assembly elections.<\/p>\n
The party\u2019s National Publicity Secretary, Kola Ologbondiyan, disclosed this while addressing newsmen after the party\u2019s expanded caucus meeting on Monday in Abuja.<\/p>\n
He said that the party would also report the role of the military to other global democratic institutions.<\/p>\n
The party decried the alleged \u201cmilitarisation of South-South ahead of Saturday\u2019s governorship and state house of assemblies elections.<\/p>\n
He said that the PDP presidential candidate would go to court to challenge outcome of the presidential election.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe insist that our party and our candidate have resolved to seek legal redress on the stolen mandate.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe party\u2019s caucus also commends Nigerians for refusing the harassment, intimidation and militarisation of the electoral process and for participating in the elections,\u201d Ologbondiyan said.<\/p>\n
PDP National Chairman, Uche Secondus, who also spoke, said the decision of the party to seek legal redress on the just concluded presidential election was informed by the alleged rigging of the polls.<\/p>\n
Secondus alleged that not only were electorate harassed, the ad hoc staff of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) were also intimidated to rig the elections.<\/p>\n
\u201cNothing will make us waver in the pursuit of justice. The decision to go to court has been finalised and the process has begun. We will file our petition today (Monday) or Tuesday.<\/p>\n
\u201cOur leaders are not talking and if you don\u2019t speak against evil, it will consume everybody. The National Peace Committee is not saying anything.<\/p>\n
\u201cIf nothing is done, we (party) will nosedive and go deeper and deeper in this situation we have found ourselves,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
Secondus called for the immediate release of the PDP presidential candidate\u2019s son in-law, Babalele Abdullahi and his personal lawyer, Uyiekpen Osagie, alleged to have been arrested by the EFCC.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), says it has resolved to petition the United Nations over the role allegedly played by the Nigerian military in the Feb. 23 Presidential and National Assembly elections. The party\u2019s National Publicity Secretary, Kola Ologbondiyan, disclosed this while addressing newsmen after the party\u2019s expanded caucus meeting on Monday in Abuja. He […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":99062,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15,2,4],"tags":[236,163,51,5100,4986,2075],"yoast_head":"\n