Kaduna LG polls: Protect our members, other actors in SIECOM office – PDP to security agencies

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Kaduna State chapter, has called on the Commissioner of Police and other security agencies to protect their members and other actors.

The party vowed not to leave the Kaduna State Independent Electoral Commission (SIECOM) office unless and until the result sheets for wards and local governments are released, along with other materials for the council elections in the state.

In a statement issued by the state chairman of the party, Edward Percy Masha, he said, “Our attention has been drawn by our representatives at the SIECOM office, where sensitive materials for the local government election are being distributed to various local governments, that ‘result sheets’ are not part of the materials to be taken to the local governments.”

The party called on SIECOM to take the path of honor and do the right thing immediately, stating that failure to have all sensitive materials included, which they consider the most sensitive of all, would mean they would not allow incomplete items to be moved to their local governments.

The state chairman believed that this act is in breach of No. 5 of the peace accord they signed, which stated that “all the institutions of government, including SIECOM and security agencies, must act and be seen to act with impartiality and secure a level playing field for all political actors and citizens to freely exercise their voting rights.”

The party called on the general public and lovers of democracy to please remain calm, stressing that they are committed and resolute in ensuring that the local government electoral act is followed to the letter by the umpire.