Ekiti Election: PDP sets up legal committee

The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Monday constituted a legal
committee to look into all the legal issues surrounding the conduct of
the Ekiti governorship election.

This is part of its preparation to challenge the results declared by
the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC.

PDP National Publicity Secretary, Kola Ologbondiyan, disclosed this
while speaking with journalists in Abuja.

In his words, "PDP as a party has constituted a legal committee to
look into all the legal angles to the issues surrounding the Ekiti
governorship election with a view to institute appropriate legal
actions.

"We want to assure our members that we have nothing to fear with the
circumstances that happened in Ekiti state, and to let them know that
the we have taken a decision to go the length of all judicial
processes in the electoral situation in the state.

"The entire nation is standing with the PDP. We believe that Nigerians
know the truth of what happened. Nigerians know that votes were bought
in Ekiti state. Nigerians are aware that there was humiliation of our
party members. We are aware that there was brutalization of our party
members.

"Nigerians are also aware that this government led by the ruling APC,
having failed woefully has no capacity to stand for a true election
anywhere in this nation. And that is why they have colluded with
security agencies and INEC and even within their party, APC, to make
sure that they rig us out of Ekiti.

"But we have not seen the end of it. Like we said earlier on, this
political banditry will not stand, at all.

"We, therefore, ask our teeming members to remain resolute as there is
nothing to panic about. It is just a temporary setback. But we assure
our members that the political brigandage will never stand".