Stop making excuses for your looming defeat, PDP taunts YPP 

From Joe Effiong, Uyo

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has challenged the Young Progressives Party (YPP), to produce evidence and back up their allegation that the Akwa Ibom State government and the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) are colluding to rig the March 18 polls in favour of the PDP.

The challenge came as a reaction to a statements made by YPP state Chairman, Mr Nyeneime Andy at a press conference, alleging that Governor Udom Emmanuel had gone to spend hours at INEC headquarters in the state.

In a press statement captioned “2023 Election and YPP’s First Alibi for Looming Defeat” and signed by the Akwa Ibom State Publicity Secretary, Borono Bassey, PDP said Mr Nyeneime Andy, a pastor, was preparing a soft landing for his party’s imminent failure in the March 18, 2023 election by looking for a scapegoat in the state government.

THe statement read in part: “At that press conference, the state chairman of the YPP and General Overseer of an Uyo-based church, Apostle Nyeneime Andy, strenuously broke sweat trying to pin wild and outright false accusations on the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, Governor Udom Emmanuel and the PDP, even when he knows deep in his heart that when he stands before God Almighty on judgement day, he shall be called to question on why he bore such false witnesses about the forthcoming elections, not minding that he is one who claims to be a pastor of church.

“We challenge Apostle Nyeneime Andy to produce even the tiniest shred of evidence that shows that Governor Udom Emmanuel had visited INEC office on the said day, else the lying state chairman of YPP should never stand before his church to preach against the sin of lying.

“We are shocked that the ill-fated and makeshift political party, YPP, is using reverse psychology to make false accusation on the electoral umpire, INEC, our party, the PDP and Governor Udom Emmanuel, given that the security agencies have received several tip-off about heinous activities by known YPP chieftains ahead of the forthcoming elections.”

The PDP said as a party, they condole with the handful of members of the YPP who have been misled to undertake the futile journey of selfishness with “this makeshift party these past months.”