Mr Jimi Agbaje is already winning by the fear gripping the APC , making it spin all kinds of lies
against a sitting President of Nigerian, Goodluck Jonathan.
Director
of Media and Publicity of the Peoples Democratic Party Presidential Campaign
Organisation, Chief Femi Fani-Kayode, has faulted the allegations by the All
Progressives Congress that President Goodluck Jonathan has strategised to rig
Saturday governorship election in Lagos State in favour of PDP candidate, Mr
Jimi Agbaje.
He said the APC is in panic mode “because it knows
that Agbaje is going to win the election.”
Fani-Kayode, in a statement on Friday in
Abuja, said this was the first time in 16 years that the APC, together with the
opposition tendencies it represents, was facing a formidable challenge from a
governorship candidate of the PDP in the state.
He said, “It is not true that the President has any
rigging plan for Lagos and neither do we need any such plan because our party
is very strong there.
“The problem that the APC has and the reason that
they make such asinine and stupid allegations is because they actually believe
that they own Lagos State and all those that live there.
“They are now in a state of panic because for the
first time in 16 years, they are facing a formidable challenge and they know
that Jimi Agbaje of the PDP is likely to win.
“The truth is that there was no secret meeting in
which rigging was planned by the President and neither is it true that
materials were smuggled in to rig Lagos State.”
He alleged that the only people that were
interested in rigging and in milking any cash cows were the members of the APC
themselves, adding that such action would be resisted.
Fani-Kayode explained that Jonathan “simply
conceded defeat” in the Presidential election but this did not in any way mean
that both the President and his party had lost their nerves.
He said, “Jonathan conceded defeat and congratulated
Buhari even though there were many questions about the card readers, the role
of INEC and the so-called votes that APC allegedly won in Kano, Katsina,
Jigawa, Kaduna and in one or two other places in the North.
“The figures for the APC were inflated in those
states whilst the votes that Jonathan scored were purposely suppressed
and reduced in places like Abia and other parts of the east by INEC. This is
the bitter truth even though many people are reluctant to say it or admit it.”
The former Aviation Minister added, “Till today,
many of us are wondering what really happened to the INEC commissioner in Kano
and whether it is true that he and his whole family were murdered after he
privately expressed his misgivings and regrets about inflating the figures for
the APC during the presidential elections.
“Rather than spitting in Jonathan’s face and
rejecting his friendly handshake by accusing him of plotting to rig Lagos, the
APC should keep their mouths shut and bury their heads in shame for what they
and their friends in INEC did during the presidential election.”
APC panics over Agbaje’s winning prospects – Fani-Kayode
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