ABUJA – ThePeoples Democratic Party,Democratic Party, PDP, Monday said PresidentMuhammadu Buhari’s pledge to be neutralintheMarch 23governorshipsupplementaryelections,is anindication that the Presidencyused its overbearinginfluenceto rig the February 23Presidential election.
National Chairman of the Peoples DemocraticDemocratic Party (PDP), Prince Uche Secondus and President MuhammaduMuhammadu Buhari
The party also added that “The Presidency’sPresidency’s confession that the All ProgressivesProgressives Congress, APC, members are mounting pressure on President Buhari to help them rig the SupplementarySupplementary elections further confirms the Nigerian Presidency manipulativemanipulative and rigging capacity, including militarizationmilitarization of the electoral process, instigating of violence and alteration of results, as were freely used by the APC in the PresidentialPresidential election.”
Inastatement issued byits spokesman, KolaOlogbondiyan, the PDP advised Nigerians particularly its members notto takethepledge ofneutralityserious, saying “The Presidency, has neverbeen committedto free, fair and credible elections.”
The statement read: “Nigerians canrecall that aheadofthePresidentialandNational Assembly elections,PresidentBuhari had promisedto allow for afree, fair, transparent andcredible process, only for hisPresidencyand party, the APC, to engagein downrightmanipulations atmanipulations at the IndependentNational Electoral Commission INEC, deploymentINEC, deployment of military and thugsto intimidate andsuppress voters, as well as outright alteration ofresults deliveredfrom thepollingunits.