The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Imo State chapter has declared readiness to participate in the forthcoming local council polls slated for this Saturday, September 21, across the 27 LGAs in the State. It, however, vowed to resist any rigging attempt by the ruling party, All Progressives Congress, APC.
In a press statement issued from the desk of the party's publicity secretary, Lancelot Obiaku, he ejected what it described as a blatant disregard for its own guidelines by the Imo State Independent Electoral Commission just four days before the proposed council election. The party claimed that it is a clear indication of what he described as an unscrupulous plot by the Hope Uzodinma-led APC government to rig the election.
PDP revealed that at the moment, the ISIEC Chairman has neither briefed the political parties on the outcome of his meeting with the State security heads nor provided any further information on the conduct of the election based on the discussions with the political parties. “In that same meeting, we discussed the fees for DF001 and DF002 , but no agreement was reached.
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