{"id":220299,"date":"2024-09-24T15:41:49","date_gmt":"2024-09-24T15:41:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/09\/24\/stop-crying-foul-after-participating-in-a-bidding-war-with-apc-lps-akpata-tells-pdp\/"},"modified":"2024-09-24T15:41:49","modified_gmt":"2024-09-24T15:41:49","slug":"stop-crying-foul-after-participating-in-a-bidding-war-with-apc-lps-akpata-tells-pdp","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/09\/24\/stop-crying-foul-after-participating-in-a-bidding-war-with-apc-lps-akpata-tells-pdp\/","title":{"rendered":"Stop Crying Foul After Participating In A Bidding War With APC \u2013LP&#8217;s Akpata Tells PDP"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>The Labour Party governorship candidate in the just concluded election in Edo state, Olumide Akpata, has said that the Peoples Democratic Party are crying foul, after engaging in electoral malpractice.<\/p>\n<p>Akpata, who came a distant third in the election with 22,763 votes said he feels no sympathy for the PDP.<\/p>\n<p>The Edo state governorship candidate made this known in a press conference in Benin, the state\u2019s capital, on Monday, while reacting to the outcome of the election.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"td-adspot-title\">Advertisement<\/span><\/p>\n<p>He claimed that PDP willingly participated in the bidding war with the All Progressives Congress, when it was fully aware of the rules from the outset.<\/p>\n<p>Akpata said: \u201cPDP, who now cry foul after being outmaneuvered in this macabre game of thrones. They willingly participated in the bidding war with the APC, fully aware of the rules from the outset.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTheir lamentations ring hollow in the face of their own complicity in this democratic travesty.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe reserve our strongest condemnation for those who engaged in vote buying, the APC and PDP.<\/p>\n<p><strong>READ MORE:\u00a0Akpata Would\u2019ve Won Edo Guber If Election Wasn\u2019t Rigged \u2013 LP<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cTheir actions have directly contributed to the destruction of our State\u2019s economy over the past 25 years, creating the enabling environment for this democratic sacrilege to thrive.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis election has laid bare the stark reality that our political landscape is dominated not by ideologies or the people\u2019s will, but by those with the deepest pockets and the most extensive networks of influence.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs for the APC and the Governor-elect, their actions have undermined the democratic process, betrayed the trust of the very people they seek to lead, and eroded faith in our democratic institutions.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is the legacy that will overshadow their ill-gotten mandate. Their \u201cgrab, snatch, and run\u201d playbook is akin to riding on the back of a tiger will ultimately be the source of their undoing.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe engagement of widespread vote-buying scheme by APC and PDP has reduced our electoral process to a commodity market and a bidding war for votes.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"code-block code-block-7\" style=\"margin: 8px auto; text-align: center; display: block; clear: both;\">\n<div data-advadstrackid=\"941128\" data-advadstrackbid=\"1\" class=\"infor-target\" id=\"infor-110085706\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/FirstBank-Giant-Strides300x250.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"250\"\/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Labour Party governorship candidate in the just concluded election in Edo state, Olumide Akpata, has said that the Peoples Democratic Party are crying foul, after engaging in electoral malpractice. Akpata, who came a distant third in the election with 22,763 votes said he feels no sympathy for the PDP. The Edo state governorship candidate [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":173019,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-220299","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nigeria-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Stop Crying Foul After Participating In A Bidding War With APC \u2013LP&#039;s Akpata Tells PDP - Ghanamma.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/09\/24\/stop-crying-foul-after-participating-in-a-bidding-war-with-apc-lps-akpata-tells-pdp\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Stop Crying Foul After Participating In A Bidding War With APC \u2013LP&#039;s Akpata Tells PDP - Ghanamma.com\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The Labour Party governorship candidate in the just concluded election in Edo state, Olumide Akpata, has said that the Peoples Democratic Party are crying foul, after engaging in electoral malpractice. 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