The Nasarawa state chapter of the All Progressive Congress (APC) has called on the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) in the state to allow the Election Petition Tribunal sitting in Lafia to do its duties without interruption.
The state chairman of APC, Aliyu Bello, stated this Wednesday night in Lafia at a press briefing while reacting to allegations that some officials of the state were planning to disrupt tribunal sitting in Lafia.
Aliyu Bello said since the PDP lost the Mach 18th governorship election, the party has continued to blame other people for their political misfortune.
“We are not unaware of their media conspiracies aimed at undermining the integrity of the process at the tribunals,” he said.
He explained further, that recently the opposition party made similar allegation against the revered traditional rulers in the state accusing them of trying to interfere with the proceedings of the tribunal which have since been proved wrong. “It is obvious that they are now in a state of apprehension as they are faced with unavoidable defeat.
“But as a party, we remain undeterred by the antics of a sinking political party that has been roundly defeated over the years.
The APC chairman said if there is any cynical plans to disrupt the process at the tribunals it the opposition that should be on security watch lists given their antecedents of hostility.
He added that the PDP is suffering from defeatist syndrome as it is imminent going by recent pronouncement at Presidential Election Petition Tribunal, which has elicited most deficiencies in their evidences from their witnesses presented by the PDP.
He therefore, called on residents of the state to discountenance the allegations describing it as baseless.
The PDP had earlier raised an alarm over plot by some persons alleged to be Nasarawa state government officials to disrupt the governorship election petition tribunal’s closing argument of counsels on Thursday 14th, in Lafia.
The PDP state chairman, Francis Orogu raised the alarm on Wednesday while addressing journalists in Lafia,
