The
Deputy Senate President, Ike Ekweremadu, has given assurance that the 2019 general
elections would not be manipulated.
According to his Special Adviser on Media, Uche
Anichukwu, Mr. Ekweremadu gave the assurance on Wednesday when he received
national, zonal, and state youth leaders of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP)
in his office.
He also vowed that the National Assembly caucus
of the PDP would not be intimidated from holding the government accountable,
and would continue to speak the truth in defence of democracy.
“Nobody should be deceived that they will rig
election in 2019. The international community will also be watching; and like
the late Sam Mbakwe said ‘if you are awake, the rat would never take your
fish.’ So if we ‘shine’ our eyes, nobody will rig us out.
“I’m sure some of you are now conversant with
the misrepresentation of my statement on the floor of the senate last week
where I cautioned against brigandage, impunity and thuggery and I said as
leaders and politicians we must do the correct thing before we endanger our
democracy. That is what I said.
“Never bother about their propaganda. We will
continue to speak the truth. We will continue to defend our democracy and urge
our leaders to always do the right thing.
“Sometimes, we may be misunderstood, but we
will remain unrelenting. It was the great Nnamdi Azikiwe, who said that the
best judge of human conduct is conscience.
“Keep saying the right thing. The person you
are speaking to is hearing you; someday his conscience will prick him and he
will do the right thing”, he said.
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