APC Has Concluded Plans To Rig Bayelsa Poll With Indians – PDP

Ahead of Saturday, December 5 Bayelsa State Governorship Election by the
Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, governors elected on the platform of
the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP yesterday raised alarm that the ruling All
Progressives Congress, APC has concluded arrangements to rig the poll through the
use of cloned Permanent Voter Cards, PVCs and fake security agents.

The PDP Governors Forum in a statement by its Director General, Earl Osaro Onaiwu in
Abuja yesterday disclosed that the Indians, numbering five, were lodged in a hotel
owned by an APC chieftain in Port Harcourt, where the card cloning process was
ongoing.According to the governors under the aegis, PDP Governors’ Forum, PDPGF
stressed that as part of moves to actualize this, the APC has brought in Indians to
effect the PVCs’ cloning in order to circumvent the electoral process in Bayelsa state
knowing full well that the ruling party knows it cannot win without manipulating the
system.
He said, “The APC is desperate to capture Bayelsa state as an oil-producing state
which fits into the party’s inordinate ambition to take over all oil-producing states which
was proposed by Governor Aminu Tambuwal of Sokoto State.
“To achieve this dangerous plan, the APC brought in five Indians, all IT experts, to help
them clone PVCs for the Bayelsa governorship election. We are raising this alarm so as
to alert Nigerians, the INEC and the international community on the machinations of the
APC against democracy and the right of the people to freely elect those that should
govern them.
“The INEC must demonstrate its independence and commitment to free, fair and
credible election by being vigilant and ensure that it does not kowtow to the wimps and
caprices of the APC by ensuring that only authentic cards are used.”
Also, Onaiwu alleged that part of the sinister plot of the APC include the procurement of
police and military uniforms for agents of the party to wear on election day to achieve
their plans to rig the poll.
The governors who urged the Inspector General of Police, Mr. Sunday Arase, the DSS
and military authorities to guide against the infiltration of their ranks by fake personnel
of the APC, said, “The Forum appeals to the Inspector General, DSS and military
authorities to ensure that only real personnel are on the field on election day and not
fake APC agents who are already kitted in police and military uniforms to rig the
Bayelsa poll for the party.
“It is important to remind the security agencies that their failure to checkmate against
any perceived illegality by the APC will seriously undermine their integrity to safeguard
the people and could seriously erode the people’s confidence in the ability of the
various security organs to guarantee their safety.”