Breaking: PDP youths raise alarm over alleged plot to rig Edo guber election

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Benin City, Edo state - The PDP Youth Alliance for Good Governance (PYGG) has raised alarm over an alleged plot to use ‘federal might’ to rig the Edo state governorship election on Saturday, September 21, 2024.

The PYGG lamented over the reports of arbitrary detentions and a plot to suppress the opposition, specifically targeting members of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).

The group called on President Bola Ahmed Tinubu to take immediate action Photo credit: PYGG
Source: UGC

The group made this known during a press conference on Monday, September 2.

''Recent reports have unveiled a sinister plot aimed at undermining the opposition in Edo State through a series of mass arrests and arbitrary detentions.''We have received credible information that the Nigerian Police, under pressure from certain quarters, is being weaponized to target and intimidate key opposition figures.

Source: Legit.ng