Kogi Guber: PDP youth leader lauds INEC for conducting most free, fair, credible and peaceful election

….Says SDP’s Muritala Ajaka do not win election, only seeking for attention.

…..Commend Sen Dino Melaye for accepting the poll outcome.

following the just concluded Kogi State governorship election held on November 11, 2023, critical stakehold aters, Non Governmental Organization, Civil society, Student, youths and women have come out to acknowledged the peaceful conduct of the election which produced Alhaji Ahmed Usman Ododo as the winner.

One of such notable groups is the People’s Democratic Party, PDP,
Youth Leader in Kogi State,
Oluwalade Emmanuel who mobilised all the party’s structure for a peaceful demonstration in support of the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, the body saddled with responsibility of conduct election in the State.

Mr. Oluwalade Emmanuel charged the Independent National Electoral Commission not to be intimidated by empty threat of Alhaji Muritala Ajaka and the Social Democratic party.

He described the off cycle election the State as most free, fair,credible, free and peaceful.

The PDP Youth Leader, Kabba Bunu LGA, Oluwalade Emmanuel made the call while leading a protesting at the Headquarters of INEC in Lokoja, praised the conduct of the election, asked the SDP Governorship Candidate to accept the wishes and aspirations of the people.

The protest which had over a thousand Youths from across the State described the threat by SDP and Muritala Ajaka to burn down INEC as a threat to democracy.

Speaking, Oluwakayode Emmanuel said, ” for the first time in the history of Kogi State we had a very peaceful and orderly election that was violent free”.

” We want to commend our Governorship Candidate, Sen. Dino Melaye who accepted the outcome of the election and said he was not going to challenge the process in the Tribunal”.

” We are therefore taking aback by Muritala Ajaka who’s party has no structure in the State, but is threatening to cause crisis by wanting to hoodwink the INEC “.

” We are therefore calling on INEC not succumb to any intimation by the SDP. The election was the freest and most credible we have ever witnessed in the State”.

“Any attempt by INEC to toe the line of the SDP will lead to jopady. We are therefore using this medium to call on security agencies to call Muritala Ajaka to order and not create crisis in Kogi State”.

The PDP Youth Leader urged the security agencies, the Presidency to call the SDP Governorship Candidate to order, said it is becoming obvious that he wants to cause break down of law and order in the State.

” We are using this medium to asked President Ahmed Bola Tinubu to call Alhaji Muritala Ajaka to order. He cannot be above the law. The Kogi election was without mincing words, the best we have ever had”.

” The people of Kogi State have spoken and no amount of threat to democracy wanting to disrupt the activities of INEC will change the results. The people of the State will resist any attempt to undermine their wishes and aspirations as displayed by voting for the APC “.

Speaking, further the Youth Leader said ” People should be allowed to go about their lawful business. We are at peace in Kogi State except for the present crisis Muritala Ajaka is trying to create “.

” For the first time we had a peaceful and orderly election deviod of violence. INEC and security agencies did there best”, wondered why Muritala Ajaka and his sponsors are trying to undermine INEC.

The PDP Youth Leader described the threat by the SDP as a threat to democracy, said “no one is above the law”.

” We are worried that for a party that is structureless, with no visible presence in the State to want to burn down INEC and undermine the credibility of INEC, must not be allowed to stand”.

” The Kogi election has been won and lost, we call on the SDP to take cue from the PDP and not heighten tension in the State. INEC has conducted the best election ever in the State”.