The All Progressives Congress, APC, has reacted to the rejection of the 2019 presidential election results by the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP.<\/p>\n
DAILY POST reported earlier that PDP, through its National Chairman, Uche Secondus, rejected the results being announced by the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, in Abuja.<\/p>\n
The main opposition party claimed that the results were inflated in favour of the APC by INEC.<\/p>\n
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\nBut in a statement to DAILY POST on Monday evening by Festus Keyamo, SAN, the Director of Strategic Communication of the APC Campaign Organization, the ruling party said, \u201cWe have just read with great consternation the Press Statement of the National Chairman of PDP rejecting the results as being announced presently by INEC in Abuja.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe simple questions we ask the PDP and Atiku\u2019s Campaign team are as follows:<\/p>\n
\u201cHow come the PDP is rejecting results that have not been fully and completely announced? How can one reject the result of an uncompleted game? The process of an election does not end until the final collation and announcement of results.<\/p>\n
\u201cIs the PDP rejecting the totality of the results nationwide? If yes, does it mean they also reject the results that would be announced later by INEC which may indicate that they have won in certain areas? Are they also rejecting the results already announced that indicate they won in some areas? For instance, are they rejecting the results of the FCT already announced in which they won?<\/p>\n
\u201cIf indeed they are only rejecting areas where they lost, are they implying that it is only in areas where they won that can be adjudged free and fair and all areas where they lost must be adjudged rigged? Is that the mentality of true democrats?<\/p>\n
\u201cIn the PDP statement, it is curious that they rejected the results as being announced, yet they claim they are coasting to victory. What kind of logic is that? What kind of confusion is now reigning in the minds of the top hierarchy of the PDP that they can spew such illogicality?<\/p>\n
\u201cIt is now obvious that the top hierarchy of the PDP is hysterical and nervous. We urge them to calm down. Obviously, this is the first time they are sensing a massive loss of an election as opposition party. It is a new experience for them.<\/p>\n
\u201cThey are confused and disoriented. For many years, they were used to manipulating the instruments of State to just write results and announce themselves as winners. As such they have a sense of entitlement to these instruments of State that they could not fully manipulate this time because President Muhammadu Buhari insisted on a level plain field for all.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe advise the PDP that as opposition party for many years, we have been down this road before. This is not the time to sacrifice the country for personal ambition. If they feel they have lost (as their statement clearly indicates), Alhaji Atiku Abubakar must pick up his phone to make that famous call to President Muhammadu Buhari. The world is watching him and so are Nigerians.<\/p>\n
\u201cFinally, we urge INEC, Nigerians and our international friends not to be swayed by these infantile antics of the PDP. The process of collation and announcement that is on-going should be done to its logical conclusion after which anyone who is aggrieved should take full advantage of the provisions of the law.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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