Ekiti 2014: APC claims PDP is planning telecoms cut, mass attack on its members

The All Progressives Congress (APC) says it has uncovered plans by the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) leaders to breach telecommunication transmission networks across Ekiti State to disrupt communication flow among poll monitors and INEC staff. This will also hamper communication among APC members to allow to them respond to emergencies in hot spots where PDP plans to rig elections.
The party also said PDP plans to begin unleashing mayhem in the state, killing APC members to be clad in PDP colours and then blame the act on APC. According to the party, the plan is to paint APC members black among Nigerians, thus necessitating extraordinary security measures by the Federal Government that will put fears in the minds of APC members after their leaders would have been arrested for murder.
In a press statement in Ado-Ekiti, the interim State Chairman of APC, Chief Jide Awe, said aside planning to disrupt communication in the major telecommunication
networks, two South West governorship candidates of PDP met in Akure, the Ondo State capital, where they perfected plans to start the orgy of violence leading to the killings of APC members, don the corpse in PDP colours and blame it on APC leaders after which APC leaders would be arrested for murder. This, APC said, would scare APC leaders and members away from the streets on the day of election.

“We are aware of a meeting held at Spotless Hotel in Ado-Ekiti where PDP members received instruction to hit the town to unleash mayhem. They are to target APC members for attacks in their meetings and where the population of members is thick. They were assured of police protection in their violent attacks.
“We are not surprised at the desperation of PDP. We have expected it. PDP knows it cannot win any election without violence. They are planning to start killing our members and drape their bodies in PDP colours to appear as if APC is responsible for the killings. This will cause anger among the unsuspecting Nigerians against APC.
“We had earlier alerted Nigerians on the plots by PDP to orchestrate violence in the state to create apathy among voters on the election day. We also called the attention of Nigerians to the cloning of voter’s cards by PDP to be illegally used by mercenaries to rig election. With PDP working in cahoots with the police, APC members will now be psychologically worn out while PDP members armed with the cloned cards would storm polling centres to illegally vote for their candidate,” the party said, adding:
“We call the attention of the world to the fact that Nigerians stood with President Goodluck Jonathan when he was disallowed by the enemies of democracy to be sworn in and recognized as the substantive President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria. Democratic expression by Nigerians won him that battle and today he is savouring the benefits of democratic principle. He should remember the past and act as a statesman.
“We therefore call the attention of Nigerians to these devilish plans by PDP leaders in their desperation to manipulate the poll in favour of their candidate. We also call on the international community, poll observers, lovers of democracy and people of conscience around the globe to prevail on President Goodluck Jonathan to allow democracy work in Nigeria.”

Signed:
Chief Jide Awe
APC Chairman, Ekiti State