The National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Prince Uche Secondus, has accused the Federal Government and the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, of not being ready to conduct free and fair elections in 2019.
He said as it was, the coming general elections could be said to be under serious threat.
The PDP chairman who spoke while receiving in his office, officials of the European Union who visited him in his office said his conclusion was based on intelligence reports.
The delegation was led by Ambassador Ms Beatrice Markussion, deputy director of Africa Division, European External Action Services.
Secondus accused security agencies and the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, of colluding in order to rig the elections.
According to the statement issued by his media aide, Ike Abonyi, the PDP chairman said the preparations for the election by the government were disappointing.
“Our major concern is that INEC and security agencies are working hand in hand to rig the election for the APC.
“What they did in EKiti State in July and they are still preparing to repeat it in Osun on September 22, is enough evidence that they are not ready to conduct free, fair and credible elections.
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“The Chairman of INEC, Prof Mahmood Yakubu, should go beyond verbal promises and put into action credible and practical processes for election,” Secondus said.
He said APC was not preparing for election because they knew they had nothing to offer the electorates having so divided the country and dragged the economy almost into a state of comatose.
“This government has divided the country, borrowed over N11 trillion yet hunger is ravaging our people as the economy slides.
“Records show that more Nigerians have been killed in the last three years than during the civil war yet the government remains insensitive to the situation.”
The EU leader commended the party for providing robust opposition which is necessary for democracy to strive.
She noted that in few months to come, the focus of the global community would be on Nigeria to see how it copes with her election processes.
She said that EU and indeed all lovers of democracy were interested in Nigeria elections.
