By Tunde Johnson, Abuja
As the people of Anambra State go out today to cast their votes in the state gubernatorial elections, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has described the pools as a test which will show the integrity and transparency of the ruling All Progressive Congress (APC) and the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in the country.
The major opposition party in the country also called on INEC and security agencies to be neutral in the conduct of the election scheduled to hold on Saturday.
PDP, in a statement issued by Dayo Adeyeye, Publicity Secretary of its National Caretaker Committee, said it was fully prepared and ready for the election.
The party described the governorship election as “a litmus test for INEC and the ruling party, the APC.”
“INEC and all security agencies deployed for the election must remain neutral and unbiased before, during and after the election.
“We insist that this election in Anambra and others henceforth, must be free, fair, credible and transparent. Anything short of these will not be acceptable to us.’’
The party also condemned the recent withdrawal of personal security details of Governor of Anambra,
Chief Willie Obiano by the Inspector-General of Police, Ibrahim Idris.
It added that notwithstanding that President Muhammadu Buhari had ordered the reinstatement of Obiano’s security aides, the action by the police was a clear signal that the “Force is working to favour some individuals’’ or destabilise the election.
“In view of the above, we are again sounding a note of warning that we will not accept any manipulation of results in Anambra’’.
