Our reliable sources
at INEC have disclosed that the All Progressives Congress, (APC) leadership has
ordered the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to immediately
release to it ballot papers and result sheets for all the polling units where the
re-run governorship election is to hold in Benue State.
This is to help the
party to thumb-print the ballot papers and fill the result sheets before the
23rd March supplementary election.
APC Chairman, Adams
Oshiomhole secretly arrived Makurdi on Sunday night and was still in town
Tuesday morning to supervise the evil plot. Bola Tinubu is expected in Makurdi
tomorrow to add to the pressure already mounted on the Resident Electoral
Commissioner (REC) in Benue State to release the sensitive election materials
to APC.
APC has recruited many
Fulani militia members who will be given military uniform to wear and go to
polling units where they will arrest PDP agents and leaders of the party who
will want to prove stubborn on the day of the election.
As youths of the
state, we find this plot by APC as devilish and anti-people and we will resist
it with the last drop of our blood.
Benue people took a
decision on the 9th of March to renew the mandate they gave Governor Samuel
Ortom in 2015. The people overwhelmingly voted for the Governor who now has
81,000 lead against his closest opponent.
We advise INEC to be
firm and resist the pressure to deny Benue people their right to decide who
governs them. INEC must say NO to APC's maneuvers to truncate democracy through
rigging of the supplementary election in Benue State.
We are aware that all
uncollected Permanent Voter's Cards, PVCs were returned and kept at Central
Bank of Nigeria, CBN in Makurdi. We also have the statistics of the number of
PVCs collected in all the polling units where the re-run election is billed to
hold.
Our eagle eyes are
firmly fixed on CBN and INEC. Any attempt to illegally release the uncollected
PVCs or any other sensitive election material will be exposed and the particular
culprit, whether he is INEC or CBN staff will be made to suffer lawful
consequences of his action.
We want the Benue
State Resident Electoral Commissioner, Dr. Nentawe Yilwatda to remember that
the whole world is watching him! He should remember that history will also note
the role he is playing in Benue State electoral process and will judge him
accordingly. He has the option to do what is right and write his name in gold
or obey those who want to pervert the process and rig the election despite the
wide margin between the party in the lead and the closest opponent.
Lastly, we caution
Oshiomhole, Tinubu, Akume and all other enemies of Benue State to shelve their
plan to rig the re-run election. It is a waste of engery and time!
APC has lost Benue!
Signed:
Comrade Terrence
Kuanum
President, Benue Youth
Forum, BYF
12/03/2019
