Governorship Poll: PDP Cautions Against Militarisation of South-South
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) on Thursday raised the alarm over what it described as the illegal occupation and provocative siege of PDP states in the South-south, including Bayelsa, Rivers, Delta, Akwa-Ibom and Cross River States by the military ahead of the March 9 governorship and state assembly elections. The National Publicity Secretary of the party, Mr. Kola Ologbondiyan, while addressing a press conference on Thursday, alleged that it was clear that after using the military to unleash violence, fabricate 25 per cent ballot for President Muhammadu Buhari across the South-South states and other PDP strongholds, the All Progressives Congress ( APC) now wants to use the military to fight its governors, suppress its members and forcefully take over the states. According to him, “This illegal operation is to further militarise the South-South zone, use soldiers to suppress voters and re-enact the massive rigging of polls for the All Progressives Congress