On Friday, the All Progressives Congress dismissed the Peoples Democratic Party’s allegation that Governor Hope Uzodimma of Imo State intends to rig the upcoming election, refuting any truth in the claims.
This response follows a PDP appeal to the Independent National Electoral Commission to disqualify the APC candidate in Imo, accusing them of sponsoring a misleading video against PDP’s candidate, Sam Anyanwu, to influence voters.
The PDP National Publicity Secretary, Debo Ologunagba, issued the statement. A viral video circulated on Thursday suggesting Anyanwu had collapsed his structure and endorsed Uzodimma in Saturday’s governorship poll.
Ologunagba, who described the video as fake, berated the Imo State governor for allegedly resorting to such an underhand strategy to gain an undue advantage.
Reacting to the PDP’s claim, the National Publicity Secretary of APC, Felix Morka, described the allegation as the ‘latest advertisement of crass irresponsibility’ by the opposition PDP.
His reaction was contained in a statement titled ‘Re: Fake Video – Your fear of Governor Hope Uzodinma’s popularity won’t stop his re-election.’
Morka disclosed that the PDP based its call on a concocted allegation, saying neither Uzodimma nor the APC has an input in the viral video clip breeding the bad blood.
He said, “To be crystal clear, neither Governor Uzodimma nor our great party had any hand in making or procuring the making of that video. Our governor and party have been hard at work campaigning to persuade the good Imo electorate to renew our mandate to have any interest or time for such a piece of frivolous and unhelpful propaganda.
“At the end of any credible investigation into the video’s origins, we will not be shocked to discover that it was a malicious creation of the PDP in a calculated but futile attempt to smear Governor Uzodimma and our party, exactly as this baseless and senseless allegation sought to do.
“Clearly, the unmatched track record and popularity of our candidate makes the PDP quiver in desperate panic. We are confident that no last-minute antics of the PDP will deter the good people of Imo State who are poised to reelect our governor to finish the good work he has started.”
