PDP Was Cheated in The Presidential Election, Won’t Allow a Repeat in 2023 – Ayu 

Iyorchia Ayu, National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), has alleged that the party won the 2019 presidential election in Nigeria.

He added that the PDP was cheated and denied the victory which was eventually given to the All Progressives Congress (APC).

The PDP National Chairman made the claims in Abuja on Thursday when he hosted a seven-person delegation of the European Union Election Observer Mission, led by its Chief Election Observer, Maria Arena.

Ayu, however said such scenarios would not be allowed to repeat itself in the 2023 general elections and called on the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to do its work with all sense of fairness and justice.

He added in a statement by his Special Adviser on Communication and Strategy,
Simon Imobo-Tswam that though the 2019 results can’t be reversed, they won’t stop telling the world about it because they have the evidence to back up their claims.

In his words, “We believe we won the 2019 presidential elections. We have the evidence. But justice was not done.

“Now that we are moving towards another election in 2023, it’s very important that we stress the need for the electoral umpire to be genuinely independent as its name implies,” he said.

Ayu who boasted that the PDP “believes fiercely in democracy and its transparent processes,” said it is unfortunate that under the Muhammadu Buhari government, and the APC in general,  democracy in Nigeria has suffered.

“We are worried that instead of strengthening the democratic process, which will better serve the people, we are seeing a sustained decline in those democratic practices; the conduct of compromised elections, the use of security agents to attack judges, to attack citizens instead of protecting them, and to subvert the electoral processes.

“We have evidence and we stand by our position. These are not just empty pronouncements.”