The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has decried what it termed the “unrelenting” use of security forces, including special police and military units by the All Progressives Congress (APC) for elections in the country.
In a statement by its National Publicity Secretary, Kola Ologbondiyan, on Monday, the party alleged that the use of security forces was rather “aiding rigging” of elections. “Such brazen assault on the will of the people, particularly as witnessed in the last Saturday’s Rivers State Assembly bye-election, is completely provocative, incendiary and has an unlimited capacity to elicit violent resistance from the people and derail our hard-earned democracy, especially as we approach the 2019 general election. Read more