The All Progressives Congress (APC), in Plateau state has refuted allegations that Governor Simon Lalong, has connived with Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), to subvert people’s will in the forthcoming bye-election of Plateau South Senatorial zone, in favour of his candidate.
The State secretary of the party, Malam Bashir Musa Sati, said in a press release, that the allegations made by a faction of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP), was mere falsehood.
A faction the PDP, in the state has through it’s publicity secretary, John Akans, in a press release, alleged that both INEC, Lalong and Prof.Nora Daduut, have planned to recruit APC members as ad-hoc staff for the senatorial election.
However, the APC said though it cannot speak for the electoral umpire, but further said the PDP allegation was yet another chain of lies.
“However, any accusation that the INEC Commissioner, Malam Halilu Pai, Governor Lalong and our candidate Prof. Nora Daduut, are planning to subvert the will of the people, is mere falsehood, that is more of political hype than substance,” it said.
The APC said it is instructive to stress that the Plateau people get confused each time a statement is issued in the name of the PDP, adding that, the simple reason being that the PDP, is yet to legally constitute its executive committee, having not lawfully conducted congresses to put in place any state official.
“It is factual that the party is in itself factionalised, with litigations awaiting court judgements, thereby, lacking any merit worth of recognition.
“So from which faction is Akans, pouring the usual attitudinal lies, alleging that the APC candidate is planning to recruit its members as INEC Ad-hoc staff, ahead of the Plateau South Senatorial zone,” it said.
The APC said the PDP has no Senatorial candidate in the forthcoming by-election.
“We therefore deemed it unwise to make pronouncements as to the genuineness of its claim, against Governor Lalong and Prof. Nora Daduut,” it said.
The APC said it is keenly interested to engage either the chairman or secretary of the contentious faction of the PDP, which Akans represent to an open media parley, than their constant style of disseminating chain of attitudinal lies, misinforming and misleading innocent citizens of our dear state.
“For me, I am done with the state Publicity Secretary, a position I held as far back as 1993, in the ruling Social Democratic Party, SDP,” Sati said.
