Ahead of Saturday’s governorship election in Edo State, the Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) has called on all concerned to ensure that the election is peaceful, free, fair and transparent in the interest of the nation’s democracy.
In a statement issued in Lagos yesterday by its National Publicity Secretary, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, the party particularly urged the Peoples Democratic Party(PDP) controlled federal government not to use the security forces, which it controls, to thwart the will of the people just to satisfy the yearnings of some anti-democratic forces.
“The good people of Edo should be allowed to exercise their franchise in a conducive environment devoid of harassment and violence, just as they should be allowed to protect their votes from ballot thieves. Once this is done, the results will be agreeable to all and the country’s democracy would be the best for it.
“The PDP, which has already started pre-election manipulation in the name of a bogus opinion poll that gave the party an overwhelming victory in the election, should stop all its evil machinations and play by the rules, if only for once.
Rather than relying on the concocted opinion of paid hackers, the PDP should strut its stuff at the polling booths on Saturday and let the people’s opinion count!” it said.