The Plateau State Chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) says the state Governor, Simon Lalong could trigger a bloody political crisis in the state due to his desperate attempt to retain power against the wish of the people.

The Deputy Chairman of the PDP in the state, Hon. Amos Gombi Goyol who made the claim on Tuesday during a press briefing in Jos, the state capital, said Plateau people had resolved to vote out Lalong in 2019.

His words: “As far as PDP is concerned, the real result of the LG elections are the clearest and loudest referendum yet on the Lalong administration and the people have strongly given this simple message:’ Lalong rejected,’  ‘ Lalong time up,’ ‘Lalong  go home.’

“We counsel the governor and his party not to plunge the state into another needless political crisis in their desperation to hold on to power in 2019.

“We have received credible information to the effect that agents of the APC are inviting people to surrender their Permanent Voter Cards for amounts ranging from three to ten thousand naira.

“These cards will then either be destroyed, rendered inoperable or cloned to deprive their owners from using them to vote out the APC. This is a condemnable and dangerous plot.”

Goyol further alleged that the APC government in the state offered ₦10,000 to presiding officers and party agents to doctor the result sheets which were announced as results for the October 10 local government elections in the state.

“We are also concerned that even while we are challenging the irregularities through legal means, the Plateau State Independent Electoral Commission (PLASIEC) is still very busy working on ways to circumvent the law.

“We have it on good authority that it is attempting to perfect its false and doctored results sheets by offering ₦5,000 to ₦10, 000 to each presiding officer and party agent who took part in the election for their signatures to authenticate these clearly fake documents,” he added.

He said the party has applied to the Chief Judge of the state for additional panels to be constituted to complement the election tribunal on the local government elections due to the overwhelming number of petitions it has so far received.