Abia PDP campaign council deny rigging allegations by Labour Party

Abia state PDP Campaign Council has denied allegations by the Labour Party  that PDP is planning to rig the gubernatorial and State House of Assembly elections coming up in the state next Saturday.

While denying the claims in a statement issued on behalf of the Council by Mr. Michael Nwabueze, the council described the allegations by the state chapter of the Labour Party as an act of desperation by deceptive scare mongers doomed for electoral defeat.

According to the statement: “We wish to state that  the rigging claims  by the Labour Party is another act of desperation by deceptive scare mongers doomed for electoral defeat. In the good old days, a thief will run even when nobody is pursuing him. Obviously members of the Labour Party in Abia are still living in that era, hence runs even when nobody is pursuing them. They are frequently raising false alarms against others while plotting exactly the same thing. This has always been the character and tactics of the desperate serial losers that have currently taken over the Labour Party platform  in Abia State after failing miserably, sojourning in the APC and APGA’’.

While declaring that members of the council were aware of aware of multiple rigging plots being made  ahead of the polls by  the Labour Party operatives including recruitment of militants, thugs and sundry characters from neighbouring states , the statement added that members of the council had alerted security agents to the plot and antics of the party.

“Obviously it is only a tree that will know you want to cut it down and still stand there to wait for you. Conscious of the fact that any free and fair election in our state will inevitably lead to the expected landslide victory of the biggest party, by hundreds of kilometres in the state, we wish to call on INEC and security agencies to ignore the rants of a party that knows it is impossible for it to win a free and fair election in the state and take all necessary measures to conduct a peaceful, free and fair election in the state as we are determined to resist any attempt to abridge the free choice of Abia voters. Abians know that Mazi Peter Obi is not on the ballot next Saturday and will troop out to vote for PDP. It is on record that no other candidate enjoy the widespread love and acceptance across our state as our Governorship Candidate, Chief Okey Ahaiwe’’, the statement added.