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.” Click to signup for FREE news updates, latest information and hottest gists everyday
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ReplyDeleteFfk is completely down suffering from 3 ; 0 defeat from APC one goal for winning Presidecy one goal from winning majority Senator seats and the third Goal for winning more than two third seat in House of Representatives . Make I follow OBJ laugh o Jare
ReplyDeleteHe has not lied. The results were available in the International Collation Center. The released results were at variance in the three K States . All the others checked out until these knockout blows.
ReplyDeleteLike PDP results in some SS and SE part of the country were not manipulated to favor GEJ too. Election is being lost and won - deal with that and move on FFK + loyalists.
DeleteJust like your mouth won the election for president Jonathan.
ReplyDeleteFFK keep yapping o, you are getting closer to kuje prison, all those dollars that u guys wasted on elections and starving the real economy of, you will all vomit one by one. Pls keep yapping as anything you say or do will still be used against you. As per winning, you kept insisting PDP was winning in 23 states. Pathological a liar as we have always known you, we have seen the results.
ReplyDeleteLet today's result determine. U sounded no different until Jonathan lost during the presidential election. And from the presidential results in the said states minus 2 million from Buhari's score as irregular vote which is not possible. who do u think still won? Imagine why a professor could not read Rivers result. Because the fraud and threat was too for him to handle. So stop blabbing and go to the tribunal if u have objections to the elections. Or was it only pdp voters that were subjected to the card readers?
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