PDP Governors Warn: We will resist any move to take Akwa Ibom...

Governors elected on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP under the aegis of PDP Governors’ Forum, PDPGF, yesterday warned that it would resist any attempt to take Akwa Ibom and Rivers states which were won by the PDP in the last election through the back door.
According to the governors, citizens of both states must come out to protect their states from those they described as desperate political vultures who do not mean well for them.  In a statement signed by the coordinator of the forum, Earl Osaro Onaiwu in Abuja yesterday, the PDP governors noted that the All Progressives Congress, APC was already boasting that it would take total control of these states through the electoral tribunals.  The governors also took a swipe at groups claiming that governorship elections did not hold in Akwa Ibom and Rivers states in the last elections, warning that the governors and the people will not fold their hands while what they termed, ugly incident takes place.  According to Osaro, the PDP governors forum noted that the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC which has been saddled with the legal authority to conduct elections had already said that after investigations that credible elections were held in Rivers state.  He stressed that the outcome of the Akwa Ibom governorship elections should not be a surprise to anyone as the last PDP governor performed tremendously well and that the people of the state had no reason to change course.  Osaro said, “The forum also decried the boastings of the All Progressives Congress, APC to take both Akwa Ibom‎ and Rivers States through the electoral tribunal, noting that the only attraction for the APC is what they perceives as the premium revenues of the two states.  “The PDP Governors’ forum however lamented the abuse of freedom of speech by what it described as self acclaimed observer groups who made spurious allegations about the elections to please their sponsors, and called on security agencies to reign in on these groups as they were capable of disrupting the peace with their utterances.  “The forum also decried the boastings of the All Progressives Congress, APC to take both Akwa Ibom‎ and Rivers States through the electoral tribunal, noting that the only attraction for the APC is what they perceives as the premium revenues of the two states.  “The governors declared that any attempt to take the states through the back door will be stiffly resisted by the PDP.  “The statement called on the citizens of both states to protect their states from desperate political vultures who do not mean well for them."
Culled from Vanguard.