The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has accused the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, and the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, of dishonouring the memory of Chief MKO Abiola, in whose honour Nigerians are commemorating June 12, as Democracy Day. In a statement signed by the National Publicity Secretary of the PDP, Debo Ologunagba, to mark Democracy Day, on Monday, the party said it was offensive and unacceptable for the nation to observe the Democracy Day under a system that brazenly rigged the 2023 general elections.
Electoral Body, INEC, Prof Yakubu Now Represent June 12 Impunity Which Nigerians Fought Against – PDPIn a statement signed by the National Publicity Secretary of the PDP, Debo Ologunagba, to mark Democracy Day, on Monday, the party said it was offensive and unacceptable for the nation to observe the Democracy Day under a system that brazenly rigged the 2023 general elections.
Ologunagba said, “The barefaced manipulations of the 2023 general elections by the All Progressives Congress and the Independent National Electoral Commission , amount to an unpardonable assault and rape of democracy and disregard for the will of the people; the very ills which Chief MKO Abiola fought and died for.
“It is indeed heartrending that all the steady progress and gains made by successive PDP administrations in reforming our electoral system have been completely wiped off by INEC in the conduct of the 2023 general elections.
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