2019: PDP rejects shift in election date

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The Peoples Democratic Party(PDP) has rejected  the shift  in the presidential and National Assembly elections earlier scheduled  for yesterday by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC).

The PDP National Chairman, Uche Secondus, said it was a premeditated plan to enable President Muhammadu Buhari cling on to power against the wish of the people.

Secondus, in a statement by his media aide, Ike Abonyi, described the postponement as part of an alleged grand plot by the All Progressives Congress (APC) to thwart the will of the people.

The party said the postponement had exposed the failures of the electoral body, calling on the INEC chairman,  Mahmood Yakubu, to resign  immediately .

“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,” Secondus stated.

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