The PDP has lashed the opposition APC for “not being bold and sportsmanlike enough to accept its straight defeat in the Delta North senatorial bye-election” won by its candidate, Chief Emmanuel Agwariavwodo.

The party’s National Publicity Secretary, Chief Olisa Metuh in a statement said, “For the avoidance of doubt, the Delta North senatorial bye-election was free, fair and credible and the people freely gave their mandate to the PDP candidate, Chief Emmanuel Agwariavwodo.

“In protesting the outcome of an election where it did not get up to 10 percent of the total votes cast, the APC has shown that it remains a party borne out of violence, religious extremism and desperation; a party of bigots which fails to understand that it does not have the support of Nigerians hence its inability to win elections due to its undemocratic and do-or-die posture.

“The APC remains a serial bad loser which delights in overheating the polity, establishing fascism in the states under its control and refusing to be bold and sportsmanlike enough to accept clear defeats”, it said.

The statement urged the opposition party to “learn from the nobility of the PDP”, after all, it has always been ‘bold’ to accept defeat in states won by opposition parties in the past.

“The APC should learn from the PDP. We were sportsmanlike and noble to concede and accept defeat in Edo and Ondo states respectively. It must learn that in a democracy, the will of the people is supreme and must be accepted. It must begin to learn to bear the pain of defeat, especially as such fate awaits it in the 2015 general election.