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by Victor Ndubuisi
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The Presidential Campaign Council (PCC) of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has lambasted the leadership of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and the Labour Party (LP) over allegations of result manipulation.

The council urged them and other opposition political groups not to say anything that could undermine the entire process and incite violence.

According to news reports, the council’s top spokesperson, Festus Keyamo, ordered the opposition parties in a statement on Sunday to enable INEC to carry out its constitutional role of announcing the victor of the poll.

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The APC’s answer comes in response to the Labour Party Chairman’s claim on Sunday that INEC staff were doctoring results in various regions of the country.

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Because of an unsubstantiated allegation from an unknown media outlet thought to be operated by Tinubu, the PDP had also called on President Muhammadu Buhari to summon the APC flagbearer.

The PDP said that the media report attributed Tinubu’s leadership to some zones of the country while election results were being tallied.

In response to the Labour Party’s claims, Keyamo accused the Labour Party and the PDP of lamenting isolated incidents of violence in APC strongholds while ignoring alleged “thumb-print ballot papers for the LP and massive thumb-printing of ballot papers by both PDP and LP supporters in some parts of the country.”

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He said “Our attention has been drawn to some incendiary comments by spokespersons of the opposition parties, notably the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and the Labour Party (LP) regarding the yet-to-be-announced results of the elections that were held yesterday.

“Some of them have threatened fire and brimstone if their own version of some concocted results is not announced in a bid to be the judge, jury and executioner in this election.

“Similarly, to rile up their supporters against the country, they play up some isolated incidents of violence in our strongholds, whereas we have tons of videos of massive electoral malpractices like violence against non-LP supporters, forcing and guiding women and children to thumb-print ballot papers for LP and massive thumb-printing of ballot papers by both PDP and LP supporters in some parts of the country.

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“In addition, in one breath, one of the spokespersons of the PDP complained about a certain headline in a newspaper about early results, yet, in condemning the newspaper, he also makes unfounded claims about the yet-to-be-released results.

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“On our part, we have decided to be calm to await the official announcement of the results and to pursue any grievance (if any) in a lawful manner. But we shall not sit back and allow such unguided comments gain grounds in order to foist a particular narrative on our citizens and the international community.

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“Recall that all parties signed the Peace Accord twice before the eyes of the world. Now is the time to abide by the terms of that accord and show love for the country over and above personal ambitions.”

 

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