The national leadership of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has summoned an emergency meeting of its national caucus to discuss the alleged attack on the party and its candidates in the last general election by the All Progressives Congress (APC)-led federal government.
The party had kicked at the ruling of the Rivers state election petition tribunal nullifying the election of Nyesom Wike as governor of Rivers state state last Saturday.
It had also expressed displeasure at ruling of the Akwa Ibom state election petition tribunal, which ordered the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to hold a fresh governorship election in 18 local government councils out of 31 councils in the state.
On Monday, the PDP national publicity secretary, Olisa Metuh said in a statement that the caucus, which will meet this Thursday, will “focus on the unrelenting schemes by the APC and its federal government to use some unpatriotic elements in the judiciary to advance their plot to take over states won by the PDP, particularly Rivers, Akwa-Ibom, Delta, Taraba and Abia states”.
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“The national caucus meeting is in furtherance of the decision of the leadership of the party to fully activate its structures in stiff resistance to the manipulations, coercion and threats of the APC-led government, and in line with the unbending determination by the party not to, in any way whatsoever surrender any mandate freely given it to by the people at any level across the country, no matter the pressure,” he added.
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