THE Peoples Democratic Party has welcomed the decision of the United Kingdom to impose a Visa ban as well as seizure of assets and property belonging to those involved in undermining Nigeria’s electoral process, particularly ahead of the Edo and Ondo governorship elections.
The PDP, in a statement signed by its National Publicity Secretary, Kola Ologbondiyan, commended the United Kingdom for its quick response alongside the United States in the global bid to stop what it called the unbridled electoral fraud being perpetrated by leaders of the All Progressives Congress and “their compromised INEC and security officials.”
PDP said, “With the emerging global action, our party reiterates our call to other countries such as the United Arab Emirates, Dubai, France, Spain, Canada as well as African countries and the ECOWAS member states to impose similar sanctions on these unscrupulous elements and their family members.
“Our party, being the genuine Pan Nigeria political platform standing with the Nigerian people, urges the world community to profile the election riggers and their agents in INEC and security agencies and ban their family members from benefiting from services from other countries of the world.”
On the Edo governorship election, PDP said, “Those at the forefront of the undermining of our democratic process, including the APC candidate, Osagie Ize-Iyamu, who was seen publicly directing thugs, cultists and killers as tigers and lions to invade polling units and unleash violence on election day, should be immediately profiled for sanctions.
“The same goes to the Governor of Ondo State, Rotimi Akeredolu, who was publicly exposed by a self-confessed APC militant and former APC chairman in the state, Isaac Kekemeke, as being behind the violent attacks against our party in the state.
“On our own part, the PDP remains law-abiding but will never allow anybody to use any means whatsoever, to manipulate the Edo and Ondo governorship election.”
The PDP said the people of Edo State had manifestly expressed their resolve to re-elect its candidate, Governor Godwin Obaseki, adding that “the people of Ondo State have resolved to replace the failed Governor Akeredolu with Eyitayo Jegede on October 10.”
