The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has accused the ruling All
Progressives Congress of allegedly sponsoring the call for the
postponement of Saturday’s governorship election by some students
currently sitting the 2016 West African Senior School Certificate
Examination in the state.
It described the call as a alleged ploy by the APC to delay the election because it was afraid of a defeat.
The
state Chairman of the party, Chief Dan Orbih, who spoke on Tuesday in
Benin, said, “I think this protest is being organised by the APC. I do
not think they are prepared for the election. It is obvious that what is
awaiting the APC come Saturday is defeat.
“So, they are now
urging people to go to the streets to request the postponement of the
election. What I must say hear is that if they hold the election on
Saturday, APC will be defeated.
Orbih noted that the affected
WASSCE candidates should have asked WAEC to postpone the examination
rather than the election, which he said was long overdue.
He
added “If through their organised protest, using thugs to demonstrate
that they are students that will be affected if we go ahead to do the
election and, as a result, they decide to postpone the election, they
will only delay the evil day.”
Efforts to reach the leadership of the APC in the state for comments were not successful.
However,
the Commissioner for Information, Kassim Afegbua, dismissed the
allegation, adding that the APC had nothing to fear as the opposition
party had long been decimated
According to Afegbua, the PDP had
shown that it was less concerned about the education of the youths and
did not understand its value.
The commissioner said, “How can? How
possible is it that the ruling party will be afraid of rickety
opposition party that has been decimated over the years?
“We pity them (PDP). They do not value education, so the issue of WASSCE does not bother them.”
