Two civil society groups have raised the alarm that next Saturday, July 13 local government elections in Delta State have been ceded in advance to the ruling People’s Democratic Party (PDP) candidates.

The two bodies raised their concern in a statement signed by Convener of Save Deltans, Barrister Ben Oghenekome, and his counterpart in the Campaign for Good Governance, Dr. Silas Tobi.

According to them, how would it be possible for the opposition not to post a single councillorship or local government chairmanship victory from 500 wards on Saturday, having produced two serving senators, four House of Representatives members and several Delta State House of Assembly legislators in the 2023 general elections?

Their statement, titled: “COMPROMISES WITH DSIEC, PDP TO SHORTCHANGE MILLIONS OF DELTANS,” reads in full:

“It is often said that many people who are into politics are only there for STOMACH INFRASTRUCTURE instead of deepening the democracy for the benefits of the populace. This is exactly the case of many Opposition Political Party Chairmen and their Executives in Delta State as they have sold their birthrights for a pot of pottage.

“Even the APC in the State, which we expect that will give PDP a run in the State, is even factionalized. They can't even unite their own house let alone coming together as opposition parties to fight a common cause and end the daylight robbery going on in the State’s so-called LGA election. We use to hear of the Coalition of United Political Parties, CUPP, Conference of Nigeria Political Parties, CNPP, but today the PDP in the State has silenced them in the exchange of peanuts.

“We have gathered that barely 6 days to LGA election that DSIEC has perfected plans with the PDP through the State Director of Protocols who as at today remains the PDP State Organizing Secretary, Chief Sunday Onoriode, to declare all the 25 PDP Chairmanship Candidates and the 500 PDP Councillorsip Candidates winners of July 13 2024 LGA election in Delta State. How can a State, where Opposition Parties in 2023 general elections produced 2 serving Senators, 4 HOR members, Assembly members, will not be able to win a Councillorsip seat out of 500 wards in the State? HABA!

“We are therefore calling on all Opposition Parties in the State, CUPP, CNPP, IPAC to rise up to either protest this daylight robbery or totally boycott the July 13 LGA election.

“We are also calling on the National Chairmen of different Political Parties, the National Leadership of IPAC to intervene and caution their State chapters in order to save millions of Deltans from further political disaster and also to uphold the dignity of their party manifestos.

“We are also calling and advising the Chairman of DSIEC, Sir Jerry Agbaike not to allow himself to be used for posterity’s sake. He should as a matter of urgency retrieve the original results sheets, which was alleged that he has already distributed to the PDP few days ago.”

https://thenewsgiant.com/delta-lg-elections-groups-accuse-apc-other-opposition-parties-of-compromising-to-pdp/

How dare PDP buy their way to victory in the Delta Local Govt polls, showing their true corrupt and manipulative nature!

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