PDP leading in 23, APC in 14 --- Fani Kayode
(Nigeria) Director, Media and Publicity of the Peoples Democratic
Party, PDP Presidential Campaign Organisation, PDPPCO, Chief Femi Fani- Kayode,
has said that the PDP was leading in 23 states while the opposition, the All
Progressives Congress, APC was leading in 14 states in the Presidential and
National Assembly election held on Saturday.
He said on Sunday, when he addressed newsmen, that the results were based on results filed
in by it's polling agents nationwide, but subject to confirmation by the Independent
National Electoral Commission, INEC.
He said: "As we speak, 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 INEC.
"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.
"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.”
Rejecting the purported results from Osun State which had
claimed that President Jonathan lost in his polling unit and my ward in
Ile-Ife, said "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 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 Saturdays 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 saturdays
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 strogholds
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.”
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