We are deeply concerned by the level of disinformation and falsehood that is being peddled around by the friends of the opposition in the media and particularly their paid agents and associates on the social media about the results of Saturdays elections. Since yesterday afternoon they have been releasing fake results and they have been attempting to mislead the Nigerian people and our friends in the international community. The public have been inundated with lie after lie about the APC's so-called victories in virtually every single polling booth, ward, local government area and state in the country. This is not only nonsensical but it is also far-fetched, absurd and childish.
Two
opposition media houses and their associates in the social media went
as far as to shamelessly claim that President Goodluck Jonathan lost in
my polling unit and in my ward in Ile-Ife, when in actual fact the
President not only won in my polling booth and ward but he also won in
virtually every other ward in the four local government areas of Ile Ife
in Osun state where I come from.
The
dirty lies that these two media houses have told is just one example of
the gross and irresponsible mendacities and falsehood that the agents
and associates of the APC habitually enjoy peddling. As we have always
said, they are a party of liars that are led and inspired by a small
cabalistic cult of shameful deceivers, liars and cheap propaganda
merchants. In them there is no truth and lying is their second nature
and natural habitat.
The
APC, through their agents in the media, also indulged in many other
fanciful and vain mendacities about many other PDP leaders. For example
they claimed that Senator Musiliu Obanikoro who is presently the
Honorable Minister of State for Foreign Affairs, Senator Iyiola Omisore,
the leader of our party in Osun state, Governor Olusegun Mimiko, the
Governor of Ondo state, Senator David Mark, the Senate President, and so
many other of our highly esteemed and respected leaders also lost their
polling units and wards to General Muhammadu Buhari and the APC
candidates for the various elections.
Needless
to say these claims by the APC are not only false but they are also
absurd and nauseating. Such mendacities are indicative of the fact that
they have lost touch with reality as we have always suspected. As a
matter of fact we are surprised that they didn't claim that the
President himself also lost in his polling unit and ward and that he in
fact voted for Buhari rather than for himself. Such is their level of
depravity and deceit that they will manufacture any lie and assert any
falsehood just to gain an edge and feed their vain delusions.
The
lies they have told about the so-called victory of Buhari in Ile Ife,
Osun state is particularly distasteful because not only has Jonathan
appeared to have won in Ile-Ife but our PDP candidate for the Federal
House of Representatives in that constituency, Mr. Albert Adeogun,
appears to have won the election hands down and defeated Mr. Rotimi
Makinde of the APC, who is the sitting member of the Federal House of
Representatives. Our candidate for the House of Representatives in Ilesa
in the same senatorial district, Mr. Wole Oke, appears to have won his
election as well which is another major blow for the APC in Osun
state.
Instead
of acknowledging these monumental and devastating losses of some of
their leading members, the APC, in their habitual manner simply continue
to bury their small heads in the ground like the proverbial ostrich,
live in denial and peddle lies and falsehood. It is time that they were
called to order. The lies of the APC must be ignored and treated with
the contempt and disdain that they deserve.
The
reports that we are getting from the field is that our candidate is
doing very well in the south and north central and that we are making
very strong inroads into various states in the core north. The motive
for the lies and disinformation of the APC is to create high
expectations for their supporters so that when the real results come out
and they are announced by INEC, and when those real results do not
tally with the fake results that the APC have told their agents and
friends to release, they will begin to run riot, create havoc and kill
people.
This
is irresponsible and dangerous and we hereby warn the APC and their
agents in the media to stop spreading falsehood and telling dangerous
lies. We also call on the security agencies to be vigilant because when
the truth of their defeat finally dawns on them the APC and Buhari will
not take it very lightly. We should all patiently wait for INEC to
release the official results of all the elections and until then we call
on our supporters and party members to hold their heads up high, to
remain confident and strong and to hold their peace.
Though
it is undoubtedly a close race we at the PDPCO are cautiously confident
and we are very optimistic of total victory despite the desperation,
lies and disinformation of the APC. At the end of the day we have no
doubt that President Goodluck Jonathan and the PDP shall prevail.
We
are constrained to conclude this short briefing by commenting on two
issues that are also a matter of grave concern to us. First of all it
has been brought to our attention that hundreds of thousands of underage
voters were allowed to vote by INEC officials in many parts of the
north during Saturday's elections.
The
pictures of these underage voters, who are APC supporters and many of
whom are not even Nigerians but were drafted across our northern borders
just to vote, are all over the internet. These pictures show the
children actually giving their thumb prints and voting in the elections on Saturday.
This is unacceptable to us and it needs to be explained by INEC. We
await further clarification from them about it and failing that we shall
revisit the issue in a very forceful and precise manner at a later
stage.
The
other area that needs clarification and an explanation from INEC and
which gives us deep concern is the situation that we have found
ourselves in when it comes to the issue of card readers. We warned about
this right from the outset and we expressed our reservations about
their usage but we were ignored and even criticised by many at the time
for doing so. With the shameful and abysmal performance of the card
readers during Saturday's
polls we believe that we have been vindicated and that our earlier
concerns have proved to be legitimate and valid. Sadly the damage that
the failure of the card readers has caused to the fortunes of our
supporters and party is immense.
Many
of our supporters were disenfranchised and were unable to get
accreditation or to vote as a consequence of the card reader situation
and it is curious that most of the problems associated with card readers
only took place in areas and states that are the traditional
strongholds of President Jonathan and the PDP. Was this a mere
coincidence or was it contrived? That is the million dollar question.
We shall speak more about this and other matters after the final results
have been announced by INEC. Until then we shall hold our peace.
We
use this medium to call on our friends in the social media, the party
faithful and all President Goodluck Joanthan Support Groups not to
remain silent in the face of these shenanigans. They should speak out on
what they know about the propaganda and falsehood of the opposition
APC. They should not be intimidated at all by the opposition’s desperate
and reprehensible antics. They should set the record straight and not
allow themselves to be robbed of a well-earned victory.
As
we speak now, we are winning in 23 states and we have 64 percent while
the APC is winning in 14 states and has 36 percent. These results are
subject to confirmation by the Independent National Electoral
Commission. However, we are certain of what we are saying because we
have information from our agents in every polling unit nationwide. No
one must test our will by attempting to change these results and the APC
should desist from pushing this nation to the brink of fire, chaos and
destruction with their dirty lies and propaganda.
Thank you.
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