The Peoples Democratic Party says the former Deputy Senate President, Ibrahim Mantu\u2019s confession that he rigged election for the party is personal to him.<\/p>\n
The party in a statement issued by its National Publicity Secretary, Kola Ologbondiyan, on Sunday in Abuja said Mantu\u2019s claim has nothing to do with the PDP.<\/p>\n
He said the party had never directed any of its members to rig election on its behalf at any point since its formation.<\/p>\n
Ologbondiyan dismissed the advice by the All Progressives Congress to learn from Mantu\u2019s claims on how he rigged elections.<\/p>\n
He said Mantu spoke about his personal activities and tendencies in the elections where he participated.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe PDP has never directed or had any pact with him to rig election on its behalf. Never!<\/p>\n
\u201cIndividuals run their elections on the platform of political parties once they emerge as candidates.<\/p>\n
\u201cIn the PDP, candidates are issued with the party\u2019s Code of Conduct containing the basic rules of electioneering engagements.<\/p>\n
\u201cThere is nowhere in these rules of engagement where candidates or party members are directed to rig elections on behalf of the party.<\/p>\n
\u201cIf any member\u2019s conduct transgressed these basic rules of engagement, that individual did not act on behalf of the PDP, and as such the party cannot be vicariously held responsible.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt will therefore be misplaced for anybody, including the APC, to surmise that Senator Mantu, in the said confession of rigging, acted on behalf of the PDP.<\/p>\n
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