The Plateau State Government has denied allegations
by the opposition All Progressives Congress that it is
planning to rig today’s presidential and National
Assembly elections.
Denying the allegation in a statement signed by the
Executive Assistant to Governor Jonah Jang, Mr.
Clinton Garuba, the state government said on Friday
that the opposition was only trying to heat up the polity
by crying wolf where none existed.
APC had claimed, among other things, that the Peoples
Democratic Party was planning to use soldiers to rig the
election, accusing the ruling party of moves to impose a
dubious restriction order.
The statement said, “Our attention has been drawn to a
press conference by the APC chairman where he raised
a number of issues laced with all kinds of lies and
misinformation as a last-ditch campaign strategy with a
view to swaying votes in the direction of the party.
“This recent press conference is nothing more than a
drowning man’s cry, trying to blame his failure on
another person. It is obvious that the APC has seen that
it is unpopular with Plateau people and will fail woefully
in this election. The APC has, therefore, resorted to
crying foul so as to gain the sympathy of undiscerning
minds.
“All the issues raised by the APC chairman are merely
to create an alibi for his party which is known to be
violence inclined. Having checked their excesses, they
are already crying blue murder to create a scenario
depicting that its supporters are being intimidated, that
is far from the truth”.
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