Ayu, Okowa, others to lead protest at INEC headquarters Monday
The National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Dr Iyorchia Ayu along with the vice presidential candidate of the party Governor Ifeanyi Okowa of Delta State will lead other chieftains of the party on Monday in a protest at the headquarters of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in Abuja over the result of the presidential election.
Recall the INEC last Wednesday, declared Bola Tinubu, candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), as the winner of the election that was held on February 25.
Tinubu polled 8,794,726 votes to defeat Atiku Abubakar of the PDP who had 6,984,520 votes, and Peter Obi of the Labour Party (LP) who secured 6,101,533 votes.
But the PDP rejected the declaration of Tinubu as the president-elect, saying Atiku won the election.
In a notice by Ibrahim Bashir, director of admin, Atiku campaign council, the party informed its members that the protest would take off from the Legacy House in the Maitama area by 10 am.
It added that the uniform for the protest is black.
“I am directed to respectfully invite Your Excellencies: The National Chairman, Dr Iyrochia Ayu, The Vice Presidential Candidate and Governor of Delta State, Dr. Ifeanyichukwu Okowa, Governors of; Akwa Ibom and Chairman of PCC, Mr Udom Emmanuel, Sokoto state and DG of PCC, Rt Hon Aminu Waziri Tambuwal, and 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 to a protest match to INEC Office,” the notice reads.
