Ekweremadu‘Maintain electoral standard set by PDP,’ Senator urges Buhari

Deputy Senate President, Ekweremadu also called on Buhari to warn police officers to stop intimidating PDP members.

Deputy Senate President, Ike Ekweremadu has urged President Muhammadu Buhari to maintain the electoral standards set by the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).

Ekweremadu also called on Buhari to warn police officers to stop intimidating PDP members.

The senator made the comments via a statement released by his media aide, Uche Anichukwu.

The statement reads:

I am deeply distressed by the development, not just because I am a member of the PDP, but more importantly, because the PDP had taken our electoral process beyond where it is being dragged back to today.

The greatest gift of democracy, which makes other blessings of democracy feasible, is the inalienable right of the people to elect their leaders of their own freewill in a free, fair, and credible electoral process that must be devoid of all forms of intimidation.

As a beneficiary of the electoral reforms and policy of non-interference in the electoral process, exemplified by the immediate past PDP administration, led by former President Goodluck Jonathan.

I expect the APC-led federal government to immediately call the security agencies to order. If the APC-led FG cannot improve on the electoral process, I expect them to, at least, maintain the standard set by the PDP.