Edo Election Tribunal: PDP Accused Of Stage-Managing Video Recording Of Threat To Its Witnesses

An erstwhile supporter of Asue Ighodalo for Governor, Mr. John Mayaki, has accused the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) of stage-managing the video recording of the allegations that its witnesses at the Edo State Election Petition Tribunal sitting in Abuja were threatened by the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) members

Mayaki, who was reacting to a video being circulated by supporters of Ighodalo on the alleged threats to their witnesses in a statement on Sunday, said the allegations were untrue.

“It is glaring that the video was concocted among themselves to fake a threat to their witnesses. If they can do this, there’s nothing stopping them from faking INEC documents in the ongoing election petition tribunal,” he alleged.

He condemned the supporters of the PDP candidate for recording themselves and faking threats against their witnesses to blame the APC.

His words: “This antic is well known already. If they can fake threats, what else are they not capable of faking? You can now see that their election claims and the credibility of their witnesses are all fake.

“When you listen to the video, someone was heard saying, ‘Cut the video, let us record another one.’ What do you call that? Is that not a stage-managed recording of the same people threatening themselves in the guise of the ruling party?

“And just imagine the timing. Just as their counsel told the court about threats to their witnesses, they have taken a step further to cook up a video. Of course, the counsel of the APC told him what to do if, in reality, any threat exists.

“I challenge the PDP to produce the phone number of the person who called to threaten them and also approach the security agencies for a full investigation rather than seeking public sympathy with a self-made video to discredit the ruling party. What the PDP has done defies logic and common sense.

“I have listened to the video, and I can say that the call was not natural, as there were noticeable dialogues and suspicious cuts. It should be ignored as the sheer amateurish desperation of the PDP, their candidate, and their supporters.”