THE Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has taken a swipe at the Action Congress of Nigeria, ACN, and Congress for Progressive Change, CPC, on their call for the prosecution of First Lady, Dame Patience Jonathan over alleged violation of campaign regulations.
Rebuffing assertions of the opposition parties, the PDP through its Acting National Publicity Secretary, Tony Okeke said that sanctions for pre-emptive campaign should rather be taken against the two parties who he claimed have been involved in nefarious political activities.
The ACN and PDP had last weekend separately called on the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, to sanction Dame Patience Jonathan for allegedly soliciting support for her husband ahead of the 2015 presidential election during a private visit to Port-Harcourt.
Okeke said: "It is amazing that the opposition came up with this allegation. I think basically what they are doing is the old doctrine of attacking instead of defending because it is the opposition parties who have been talking about merger, they are the ones that have been campaigning.
"PDP has not been campaigning. It is the opposition parties that mounted campaigns and I think even the INEC warning was directed at the opposition parties because they are the ones who have been involved in all sort of campaigns and as a party, the PDP is calling on INEC to sanction the opposition political parties. We are not campaigning yet, they are the ones campaigning, they should be axed because they are breaching the law.''
Repeated efforts to get reactions from INEC on the development were unfruitful. After first promising to give a feedback on the issue, Chief Press Secretary to INEC Chairman, Mr. Kayode Idowu was subsequently not forthcoming as he could not be reached on telephone. Click to signup for FREE news updates, latest information and hottest gists everyday
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