Criticising the Labour Party’s protest as a distraction, the PDP emphasized their focus on robust, inclusive campaign strategies.
By Karo Oghenetega
The Delta State Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has reacted to a protest march by the Labour Party in Asaba on Monday, urging the opposition to focus on organising proper campaigns ahead of the July 13 local government elections.
The Labour Party presented a list of demands for the upcoming Delta State Local Government Elections on July 13, including calls for free and fair elections and the prompt announcement of results at polling units.
In a statement signed by the State Secretary of the PDP in Delta State, Engr. Dan Ossai, on Monday, expressed surprise at the Labour Party’s decision to protest instead of organising comprehensive campaign rallies. The PDP highlighted their own efforts in conducting widespread, colorful rallies with significant turnouts across all local governments, adhering to the election timetable set by the Delta State Independent Electoral Commission (DSIEC).
Part of the statement reads, “We are indeed amazed that while the PDP has been fully busy, meticulously fulfilling all the electoral processes and organizing comprehensive, colourful and carnival-like campaigns rallies with massive turn-outs across all the Local Governments in the State, in adherence to the stipulated timelines of the timetable for the Local Government election released by DSIEC, the Labour Party has instead, decided to muster and channel its energies and lean resources into organizing a protest march to complain about the conduct of an election that they are glaringly unprepared for and are not even ready or equipped to fully participate in”.
“Delta PDP has always embarked on broad-based, robust, all encompassing and all inclusive rallies, as well as mop-up, door-door mosquito campaigns ahead of every election, while the opposition has often busied itself with complaints and protests instead of campaigning to Deltans and selling their candidates and manifestos to the people, thus, this Labour Party protest is a mere diversionary and digressive smokescreen to seek visibility and some sort of optical relevance, which is absolutely tangential, immaterial, insignificant and of no consequence whatsoever to the conduct and outcome of the election”.
Criticising the Labour Party’s protest as a distraction, the PDP emphasized their focus on robust, inclusive campaign strategies. They invited the Labour Party and other opposition parties to attend their Mega Campaign Rally on July 10 to witness the strong support from Deltans.
“We are therefore inviting the Labour Party and indeed all other opposition parties, to our Mega Campaign Rally on Wednesday, July 10, 2024, to witness the overwhelming turn out of joyful, happy and excited Deltans from all the three Senatorial Districts in the State, as we hold the grand finale of our campaign for the forthcoming July 13 Council Election and once again consolidate our claim and declaration that Delta is PDP and PDP is Delta”, the statement added.
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