The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has said the postponement of the 2019 general elections was a plot by the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) to perfect its rigging plans with the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), in favour of President Muhammadu Buhari.
Addressing a press conference today in Abuja, the Director of Media and Publicity of the PDP Presidential Campaign Organisation, Mr. Kola Ologbondiyan, said the action was to place more burden on the electorate and frustrate their enthusiasm for the election.
The PDP said President Muhammadu Buhari should not pretend not to have been aware of the postponement before it happened, adding that it was done with his knowledge.
The party said the APC and Buhari were jittery and afraid of defeat, hence their alleged decision to connive with the INEC to shift the election dates.
The PDP also called on the international community to note what is happening in Nigeria and hold President Buhari, as well as the APC, responsible should there be any breakdown of law and order in the country.
“This decision by INEC is a grand plot to give the All Progressives Congress (APC) and the Buhari Presidency the space to perfect their rigging plans, which have been resisted by Nigerians to this point.
“Nigerians have lost trillions of naira, risked their lives on the road and in the air as well as faced other huge loses just because President Buhari is bent on perpetuating his inordinate quest to remain in office.
“President Buhari, in his desperation for power, has again exhibited his insensitivity to the sensibilities of Nigerians, particularly in his deceitful attempt to heap blames on INEC for a plot that was hatched and executed by his Presidency.
“APC’s new plot is to escalate series of challenges that will eventually paralyze INEC’s operation in some states so as to stagger the election and pave way to isolate certain critical states, after which it will use compromised security agents to muzzle the polls in those states in favour of President Buhari.
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