The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) maintains its candidate, Senator Samuel Anyanwu, remains undeterred and poised to win the Imo State gubernatorial election on Saturday.
It stated that this was despite a harmful fake film reportedly prepared and distributed against him by Governor Hope Uzodinma and the All Progressives Congress (APC).
The party requested that Uzodinma be disqualified by the Independent National Electoral Commission, or INEC.
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The APC candidate, Uzodinma, allegedly sponsored a bogus film against the Party’s candidate in order to deceive the Imo people, according to the Party.
This was said by Hon. Debo Ologunagba, the PDP National Publicity Secretary, in a statement issued on Friday.
According to the PDP, the false film confirmed that Uzodinma was terrified of the PDP candidate’s popularity and had to stoop to last-minute underhanded means to remove him out of the way.
The statement went on to say that Uzodinma had shown that he was not prepared to run in a peaceful, free, fair, and transparent election.
“The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) asserts that its candidate in the Saturday, November 11, 2023, governorship election in Imo State, Senator Samuel Anyanwu, is not deterred but set for victory despite the malicious fake video reportedly produced and circulated by Governor Hope Uzodinma and the All Progressives Congress (APC) against him.
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“The PDP describes as barbaric and shameful that the APC candidate, Governor Hope Uzodinma could descend so low to allegedly sponsor a fake video against the PDP candidate in a bid to mislead the people of Imo State.
“The fake video, typical of ‘419’ inclination, only goes to confirm that Governor Uzodinma is in mortal fear of the popularity of the PDP candidate, Senator Anyanwu and had to resort to last-minute underhand method in a failed attempt to get Senator Anyanwu out of the way.
“The PDP restates that our candidate, Senator Anyanwu, is very much in the governorship race. The people of Imo should disregard the said video, as it is completely FALSE.
“If there is anybody that should withdraw from the race, it is Governor Uzodinma, who has amply demonstrated that he is not ready to contest in a peaceful, free, fair and transparent election.
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“The PDP calls on INEC to disqualify the APC and Governor Uzodimma as their reported involvement in producing and circulating the fake video constitutes a gross violation of the provisions of the Electoral Act, 2022, the Nigerian Criminal Code and Cyber Crime Law.”
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