The candidate of the All
Progressives Congress in the Rivers State governorship election, Dakuku
Peterside, has expressed confidence that the electoral fraud allegedly
perpetrated by the Peoples Democratic Party during the elections will
not stand.
Dakuku, who spoke in a telephone
interview with our correspondent on Tuesday, explained that it was too
early for the PDP to celebrate because the era of people getting away
with electoral fraud was over.
He also described claims by the PDP
campaign that media organisations, civil society groups as well as
foreign observers, who issued reports based on their observations, were
induced.
Dakuku said, “Are they saying that the
European Union, the Embassy of the United States in Nigeria and several
well-meaning friends of Nigeria, who witnessed the sham in Rivers, were
induced?
“You cannot cover the sun with one
finger. Everybody who witnessed what happened in Rivers knew what
happened. What about our party leaders and members that were murdered?
“The blood of these innocent Nigerians
and the tears of their widows and orphans will surely speak. On our
part, we are going to court to seek justice for the Rivers people.”
He spoke against the backdrop of a
statement by his PDP rival, Chief Nyesom Wike, who was declared winner
of the election by the Independent National Electoral Commission.
Wike had, in a statement by his media
assistant, Simeon Nwakaudu, described statements issued by the monitors,
condemning the polls in Rivers, as sponsored.
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