The People’s Democratic Party, PDP, has called on the Independent National Electoral Commission INEC, to maintain February 25, 2023 for the Presidential and National Assembly elections.
National Publicity Secretary of the PDP, Debo Ologunagba, stated this during his first interactive session with the PDP press corps on Friday in Abuja.
Ologunagba said “the February 25, 2023 Presidential and National Assembly election date is sacrosanct. February 25, 2023 date is already locked in for the Presidential and National Assembly elections, the security agencies have given their assurances, the Federal Government has also given its assurance; Nigerians are ready for election and will not accept any postponement of elections under any guise whatsoever”.
PDP, therefore, charged INEC, as an independent institution not to succumb to the pressure from any quarters but focus on its preparations and fix its eyes on delivering a free, fair, transparent and credible election on February 25, 2023.
The publicity secretary also called on security agencies to be alive to their responsibilities adding that “Nigerians are eager to vote on February 25, 2023” and that “Atiku Abubakar is poised to win the majority of votes cast across the country and secure 25% in all the States of the Federation to emerge President on the very first ballot.”
“Those trying to push the run-off narrative or postponement of elections should perish the thought. They should get ready for elections or quit the race” he declared.
Borno Election
On news making the rounds that the PDP has no candidate for the Borno Central Senatorial District election, Debo Ologunagba stated ”For clarity, the PDP states in an unequivocal term that our Candidate for the Borno Central Senatorial election remains Hon. Umara Muhammad Kumalia as confirmed in the list of candidates for the 2023 general elections as published by INEC.
“The PDP therefore, urges our teeming party members, supporters and good people of Borno Central Senatorial District to disregard and ignore the APC and continue to stand behind our Candidate, Hon. Umara Muhammad Kumalia as he marches to victory in the forthcoming Senatorial election,” Ologunagba added.
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