Nasarawa PDP Denounces Media Distortions On Election Petition

Nasarawa State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has asserted that no amount of fake news can secure the party’s allegedly stolen mandate. 

This is even as the party also denounced media distortions on election petition reportage.

Addressing the issue in a statement yesterday, chairman of the PDP in the state, Hon. Francis Orogu, criticised the manipulation of public opinions through fabricated narratives.

Orogu highlighted that this isn’t the first time such tactics had been employed by agents of the opposing All Progressives Congress (APC) and the state governor.

He expressed concern over the distortion of key witness testimonies in the ongoing governorship election petition in Lafia. 

In response to the allegations, Orogu stated that the PDP would not engage in responding to misleading claims disseminated through state propaganda outlets or biased social media channels.

“There was nowhere the state PDP’s returning agent not “collation agent, Mr Baba, denied the PDP’s petition before the tribunal”, saying that “the figures allocated to favour the PDP were due to human errors by the PDP lawyers in all the alleged polling units and wards,” he said.

The chairman emphasised that the PDP’s key witness, Barr Ayiwulu Baba Ayiwulu, presented an unambiguous and clear account at the tribunal. 

He denounced the alleged manipulation of Ayiwulu’s words by the APC, asserting that the aim to influence public opinion has failed.

Addressing the claims of Mr Kassim A Kassim, an appointee, Orogu clarified that withholding certain INEC documents won’t deter the PDP’s pursuit of justice. He asserted that other documents already presented in court provide sufficient evidence to challenge the alleged mandate theft.