…..says its Buhari’s agenda to cling to power
………calls on INEC Chairman to resign immediately
The
National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Prince Uche
Secondus has said that shoddy arrangement for this election by the
Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, is a deliberate pre
determined agenda of President Muhammadu Buhari to cling on to power
even when it’s obvious to him that Nigerians want him out.
Prince
Secondus said that the postponement which is part of a grand design by
the All Progressives Congress, APC, to thwart the will of Nigerians at
all cost, clearly exposes INEC as a failure and calls on the Chairman of
the Commission, Prof Mahmood Yakubu to resign immediately.
The
PDP leader warns that the party will not accept anything short of a
well organized electoral process devoid of manipulation, harassment
and intimidation of voters and the opposition particularly members of
the PDP.
Having failed in all their nefarious options to
enable them cling on to power, the APC and the INEC came up with the
idea of shifting election an action that is dangerous to our democracy
and unacceptable.
The National Chairman said that the APC
in connivance with the INEC have been trying all options including but
not limited to burning down INEC offices in some states and destroying
of electoral materials to create artificial problems upon which to stand
for their dubious act.
According to a statement from the
National Chairman’s media office signed by Ike Abonyi, Prince Secondus
said that the party is privy to all the pressures from the APC and the
federal government to arm twist the INEC, to dance to their new strategy
after their earlier ones failed.
“With several of their
rigging options failing, they have to force INEC to agree to a shift in
the election or a staggered election with flimsy excuses pre
manufactured for the purpose.
“For the avoidance of
doubt the PDP sees this action as wicked and we are also aware of other
dubious designs like the deployment of hooded security operatives who
would be ruthless on the people ostensibly to scare them away.
He
said that by the action of the President he has further demonstrated
his insensitivity costing the huge cost after Nigerians including those
who came home from abroad have all mobilized to their various
constituencies.
The National Chairman recalls that the
PDP had earlier alerted Nigerians that the APC was coming up with lined
up rigging strategies including burning down of INEC offices and
engineering crisis in PDP strong hold areas to scare away the people.
Prince
Secondus said that the wicked killing of over 60 persons mostly women
and children in Southern Kaduna on the eve of election is a copious ploy
by the APC to frighten the people away from voting knowing too well
that they were not going to record any vote from the area.
“Recall
that the Governor of Kaduna state, Mallam Nasir el rufai had earlier
threatened international election observers of going to their country in
body bags and with the fatal violence in the state on the eve of
election, it’s clear what the motives are, to frighten the observers
from the state so that he can carry out his nefarious acts.
The
National Chairman also drew the attention of all lovers of democracy to
the statement of President Buhari on the international media that
nobody can unseat him from office as an indication of what he wants to
do.
Prince Secondus also regretted that President Buhari
who made a promise at the signing of peace accord that the election will
be conducted in a fair and transparent atmosphere has gone ahead in
breach of the peace agreements to send soldiers and other security
agencies to arrest, harass and intimidate opponents in Rivers, Akwa
Ibom, Kwara, Kano, Kaduna states.
Signed
Ike Abonyi
SA media
Source:- Punchng
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