APC Kicks As PDP Leaders, Governors Plan Protest At INEC Headquarters
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has been warned by the All Progressives Congress (APC) not to exploit the scheduled rally to stir the public and cause unrest in the nation.
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Iyorchia Ayu, the PDP National Chairman, was reportedly planning to join party officials, governors, and members on a protest march to the INEC offices in Abuja in response to the results of the February 25 presidential election.
The PDP headquarters, Legacy House, Maitama, Abuja, is where the planned demonstration is scheduled to begin at 10 a.m., according to a notification sent by the party on Sunday.
Also, the opposition party instructed its members to adhere to the protest’s dress code, which is all-black attire.
In response to the planned protest, Felix Morka, the national publicity secretary of the APC, criticized the PDP for choosing to demonstrate rather than concentrating on the legal action it had taken to challenge the outcome of the presidential election.
Morka noted it was unfortunate the PDP had to resort to a public disturbance, warning the party against instigating a crisis that is needless in the face of an election that was won by the APC candidate, Bola Ahmed Tinubu. He said,
“On a general note, the PDP lost the election to Asiwaju Bola Tinubu. That is why he is the president-elect. The PDP has indicated an interest in going to court to challenge the election. One will hope that they stick to following a lawful part in expressing whatever they may feel as a grievance in the outcome of the election.“I am quite sure the PDP understands there are laws that govern public conduct in this country, hence the need to do nothing to instigate a crisis that is needless in the face of an election that was won by our candidate, now the president-elect, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu.”
Similarly, the director of publicity for the APC, Bala Ibrahim, disclosed that for as long as the protest would be peaceful, nobody would complain.
He also warned that if it turned out to be a veiled threat to the country’s democracy, the APC would respond ‘accordingly.’ He added,
“I think it may not necessarily be a protest. It may be a press conference. But I will suggest we allow them to protest first. Then we will see what they say in their demonstration and their conduct. If it is peaceful and democratic, there is nothing wrong with that.“But if it turns out to be a different thing, the ruling party will react accordingly. We are democrats and we want to play the game according to the rule of democracy, which allows the minority to have a say but the majority will have their way,” he said.
