APC Accuses Jonathan Of Masterminding Rigging Plot
APC alleges rival party aims to perpetrate manipulation in 10 councils. THE All Progressives Congress (APC) yesterday accused Presiden...
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APC alleges rival party aims to perpetrate manipulation in 10 councils.
THE All Progressives Congress (APC) yesterday accused President Goodluck Jonathan of spearheading an alleged plot to rig the Osun governorship poll billed to hold next Saturday.
In a statement issued in Lagos yesterday by its National Publicity Secretary, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, the party claimed that President Goodluck Jonathan had reportedly told the security agencies that he wanted victory for his party at all costs, an admonition that will definitely shape their perception of the election as a do-or-die affair.
The party particularly alleged that the PDP plans to massively rig the August 9 governorship election in 10 identified local councils in Osun State, in addition to seeking a pliable person as a returning officer.
It said: ‘’Nigerians from all walks of life, desirous of a free and fair election this Saturday, are reaching out to us with useful information on the plan by the desperate PDP to rig the forthcoming election, and we are taking the information very seriously.
‘’For example, we learnt that the PDP has identified Ife Central, Ife East, Ife North, Ife South, Olorunda, Iwo, Ifelodun, Osogbo, Odo Otin and Aiyedade as places where they plan to perpetrate massive rigging. Two different results have allegedly been written ahead of the elections while three vice chancellors, one from the North-Central and two from the South-West, have been pencilled down to serve as returning officers. The incentive for the returning officer who can announce the doctored results is N1 billion.”
The party said when these plans are put together with the massive deployment of security agencies to Osun to harass and intimidate the opposition, the huge amounts of cash being moved into the state via armoured personnel carriers, and the electoral malfeasance specialist-ministers who have landed in Osun, it is clear that the PDP is working hard to ensure that the forthcoming election is anything but free, fair and credible.
It therefore called on INEC not to allow any unscrupulous person to serve as a returning officer for the election, and to pay a special attention to voting in the identified local councils where the PDP plans to influence the outcome of the election.
‘’No one will accept the result of an election in which the returning officer is compromised with filthy lucre. This is why we are calling on INEC to ensure that only a person of integrity can serve in that important post,’’ the APC said, warning that its agents will not sign any false results of the August 9 election.
The party also called on the international community to pay attention to the issues that could affect the outcome of the election instead of waiting until the deed would have been done.
Source: The Guardian
THE All Progressives Congress (APC) yesterday accused President Goodluck Jonathan of spearheading an alleged plot to rig the Osun governorship poll billed to hold next Saturday.
In a statement issued in Lagos yesterday by its National Publicity Secretary, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, the party claimed that President Goodluck Jonathan had reportedly told the security agencies that he wanted victory for his party at all costs, an admonition that will definitely shape their perception of the election as a do-or-die affair.
The party particularly alleged that the PDP plans to massively rig the August 9 governorship election in 10 identified local councils in Osun State, in addition to seeking a pliable person as a returning officer.
It said: ‘’Nigerians from all walks of life, desirous of a free and fair election this Saturday, are reaching out to us with useful information on the plan by the desperate PDP to rig the forthcoming election, and we are taking the information very seriously.
‘’For example, we learnt that the PDP has identified Ife Central, Ife East, Ife North, Ife South, Olorunda, Iwo, Ifelodun, Osogbo, Odo Otin and Aiyedade as places where they plan to perpetrate massive rigging. Two different results have allegedly been written ahead of the elections while three vice chancellors, one from the North-Central and two from the South-West, have been pencilled down to serve as returning officers. The incentive for the returning officer who can announce the doctored results is N1 billion.”
The party said when these plans are put together with the massive deployment of security agencies to Osun to harass and intimidate the opposition, the huge amounts of cash being moved into the state via armoured personnel carriers, and the electoral malfeasance specialist-ministers who have landed in Osun, it is clear that the PDP is working hard to ensure that the forthcoming election is anything but free, fair and credible.
It therefore called on INEC not to allow any unscrupulous person to serve as a returning officer for the election, and to pay a special attention to voting in the identified local councils where the PDP plans to influence the outcome of the election.
‘’No one will accept the result of an election in which the returning officer is compromised with filthy lucre. This is why we are calling on INEC to ensure that only a person of integrity can serve in that important post,’’ the APC said, warning that its agents will not sign any false results of the August 9 election.
The party also called on the international community to pay attention to the issues that could affect the outcome of the election instead of waiting until the deed would have been done.
Source: The Guardian
