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Supreme Court failed to remedy manipulations in Kogi guber polls — PDP

By Tunde Opalana

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has expressed shock over the judgment of the Supreme Court on the 2019 Kogi state governorship election, DAILY TIMES gathered.

The party said though it accepts the verdict of the Supreme Court, as the apex court in the land, the judgment fell short of the expectation of the majority of the people of Kogi state and Nigerians in general, who collectively looked up to the court to remedy the manifest injustices, manipulations, violence, and killings that marred the election.

According to PDP, the judgment had not inspired hope in the national quest to ensure that elections are violent-free as well as deter unpatriotic individuals who resort to violence and killing to gain access to power, as heavily witnessed in the Kogi election.

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However, PDP spokesperson Kola Ologbondiyan in a statement Monday, said, as a law-abiding party, call on the people of Kogi state and Nigerians at large, to remain calm, yet undeterred in their quest for the entrenchment of credible electoral process in the country.

“Our party deeply mourns all those who were gruesomely murdered as well as commiserates with all victims of the violence that was unleashed by the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the November 2019 Kogi governorship election”, the statement read.

The PDP also commended the resilience of the people of Kogi state in pursuing the recovery of their mandate to the very end, stressing that such commitment is a demonstration of the undying determination of the people to defend their choice of leadership to the end.

The party said it will continue to stand with the people of Kogi state as they weather the insensitive and anti-people government in Kogi state.

It as well charged the people not to allow the judgment to make them lose hope in the nation but rather remain united in their commitment, as good citizens, toward entrenching democratic values in Nigeria despite the odds.

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