The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has called on the electorate in Edo State to disregard fake All Progressives Congress, APC, judgments, ahead of the September 21, 2024, governorship election, that the party’s governorship candidate, Dr. Asue Ighodalo, has been disqualified.
PDP said contrary to the fake news being peddled by merchants of lies and propaganda, no Appeal Court ruling has disqualified Dr. Ighodalo, candidate of the party in the September 21, poll.
This clarification was made on Tuesday by the PDP Campaign Council in a statement in Benin City by Rev Olu Martins, Deputy Director General, Asue Ogie Campaign Management.
The PDP described the concocted story of the disqualification of Ighodalo as “fake, imaginary, diabolical and a satanic creation of the warped minds of the leaders and chieftains of the APC, in Edo State, currently suffering from massive rejection by the good, well-meaning and enlightened people of Edo State.
It said: “The rudderless APC, in a bid to divert attention from its total rejection by the people of Edo State, having seen through its unpreparedness for the election, had gone to town with a fake news that Ighodalo has been disqualified.
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“It’s not true. It’s fake news.
“We call on the good people of Edo State and the nation at large to disregard the fake news. This is criminal forgery and that is even putting it mildly.
“They are liars and propagandists. This is their trademark. They have nothing to offer the people of Edo State.
“Ighodalo remains a high flying bonafide candidate of the PDP and he is in the race for the election in 45 days time.
“Ighodalo, who enjoys massive acceptance across all the three senatorial zones, is more than ready to lead Edo State as a Chief Servant to a new dawn of “Prosperity for All,” the statement added.
