Kogi APC Denies Rigging Allegations, Accuses SDP Of Attempted Attack On INEC Office

The Kogi state chapter of the All Progressive Congress (APC) has stated that the Social Democratic Party (SDP) lacks evidence to substantiate its allegations of rigging against Ahmed Usman Ododo

A statement released yesterday, the APC campaign Spokesperso, Kingsley Femi Fanwo stated that the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) experienced harassment as a result of the SDPs confusion, accusing them of portraying themselves as victims in the process.

Addressing the SDP’s claim that the individuals besieging the INEC office in Lokoja were APC-hired thugs, the campaign council dismissed it, stating that the SDP’s accusation aligns with their habit of using baseless and senseless propaganda to shift blame onto others for their actions.

The statement reads, “Today’s failed attack by supporters and thugs of the Social Democratic Party to attack the State INEC Office in Lokoja has confirmed our recent alarm that the party is determined to destroy every relevant government institution just to maintain their false claim to popularity.

“The attempted plan to lynch INEC staff and burn down the INEC Office was gallantly averted by security agents. Their promptness and professionalism are highly commended, as their timely intervention saved what would have been a bloody day. Weapon-wielding thugs of the SDP were dangerously threatening to make the state ungovernable.

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“The laughable story of the SDP that the thugs were hired by our party is no deviation from their culture of terrible and senseless propaganda and strategy to blame everyone else for their actions. It is high time the thoroughly defeated candidate of the SDP and his co-travelers to an unknown destination are arrested to forestall further breakdown of law and order.

“We call on APC supporters to remain law-abiding in the face of glaring provocation. War is about using one’s best to the wooft to oneself. The Governor-Elect will be sworn in on January 27, 2024, to advance the frontiers of development in our dear state.

“As earlier stated, we wish to reiterate our readiness for any legal challenge, as we know we won an election adjudged as the freest and fairest in the history of our dear state.”

Kanyi Daily recalls that the Chairman of All Progressive Congress in Kogi State, Abdullahi Bello had mocked Dino Melaye, the People’s Democratic Party candidate in the recent off-cycle election.