The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), has said the conduct and outcome of the November 16 governorship elections in Kogi and Bayelsa states had destroyed the hope Nigerians had in democratic practice.
The party stated that Nigerians and the entire world watched in horror as the APC-led government trampled the nation’s democracy.
The PDP National Publicity Secretary, Mr Kola Ologbondiyan, in a statement also said citizens agonised as the APC-controlled security forces allegedly aided armed hoodlums to invade polling centres, shoot and kill innocent citizens.
He said, “It is distressing that under the President Muhammadu Buhari-led APC administration, votes no longer count. Power and governance no longer derive from the people but from violence, manipulations and the barrel of gun. Nigerians now ask; are we still in a democracy?
“With the outcome of the Kogi and Bayelsa governorship elections, Nigerians and the world have lost hope in our institutions of democracy and security system as presently constituted.
“They have completely lost hope in INEC under Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, which has shown itself to be a repressive tool in the hands of dictatorial forces.”
He condoled with the families of those who were killed in Kogi and Bayelsa states and prayed that God to grant their souls eternal rest.
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