The presidential candidate of the opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Atiku Abubakar, the National Chairman of the party, Dr Iyorchia Ayu and the Director General of the PDP Campaign and Sokoto State Governor Aminu Tambuwal, are among party leaders currently leading a peaceful protest to the office of Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), in Abuja.
The party leaders were joined by some members of the National Working Committee (NWC) and Board of Trustee (BoT) of the party.
The protesters, who appeared in black attire and riding in two open vans, started the protest from Legacy House in Maitama, the presidential campaign office of the PDP.
They are expected to move together to the INEC office where the party leaders are expected to lay their grievances to the electoral empire.
The PDP is protesting the conduct of the presidential and National Assembly elections and the declaration of the presidential candidate of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), Bola Tinubu, as winner of the presidential poll.
The party also called for the cancellation of the elections and the conduct of a fresh one as it claimed that there were irregularities during the exercise.
To actualise the protest, the PDP had in a statement by one of the party chieftains, Ibrahim Bashir for the Director General (DG) of the PDP Presidential Campaign Council (PCC), invited party chieftains and supporters to the protest march.
Other PDP leaders invited to the protest match include the Chairman of PCC and Governor of Akwa Ibom State, Udom Emmanuel; the DG of PCC and Sokoto State Governor, Aminu Tambuwal.
“Governors of Bayelsa, Edo, Adamawa, Bauchi, Taraba and Osun States; Former Senate Presidents, Senator David Mark and Senator Dr Abubakar Bukola Saraki, BOT members, NEC members, PDP Senators and House of Representatives Members, NWC members of the party, DDGs, Directors, Deputies and Assistant Directors of NCMC;
“Members of the PCC; Leadership of People Living With Disabilities and all other Stakeholders.”
The statement instructed party officials to wear black clothes at 10 am with the takeoff point as the Legacy House in Maitama, Abuja.
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