Yobe LGA Elections: APC Hails Governor Geidam for Landslide
The All Progressive Congress (APC) hailed the Governor of Yobe State, Ibrahim Geidam, as well as the entire people of the state for the peaceful and hitch-free conduct of the state’s council poll on December 28, 2013.
This
has been contained in a statement signed by its Interim National
Publicity Secretary, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, in Lagos, on January 2, 2014,
Thursday.
The
party called on the Independent Electoral Commission (INEC) to borrow a
leaf from the Yobe State on how to organize elections, having bungled
the two elections conducted by it in Delta and Anambra recently.
The
APC mentioned that said it was not only delighted by the outcome, but
by the fact that the election, which was observed by many NGOs and the
chairmen of 15 State Independent Electoral Commissions, among others,
was widely adjudged to have been free, fair and credible, in addition to
witnessing a huge
turnout of voters.
The
party said it was particularly remarkable that the people of the state
turned out in large numbers, without a single report of election-related
or any other violence during, immediately before and after the
election, because of the significance of local government election as
the number one barometer to measure grassroots’ participation in
democratic governance.
“This is why we in the APC believe that Gov. Geidam deserves every possible accolade he can get for his courage, strong belief in democracy and a determined effort to ensure that a few renegades cannot hijack a whole state. We therefore commend this quintessential democrat and urge him to continue with his good works in the state.“We have no doubt that this trail-blazing effort by Gov. Geidam will be a source of inspiration to other states that are under a state of emergency, as well as to an INEC that could not even successfully organize an election in one Senatorial District in Delta.“We therefore call on the blundering and floundering INEC to immediately dispatch some of its top officials to Yobe State to understudy the art of election conduct, even in an environment that poses a great challenge. After all, Yobe has shown that the main reason INEC cannot organize successful polls is that it sabotages its own elections,” Nigeria’s opposition party #1 said.
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