National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Uche Secondus says the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, has perfected rigging arrangements with preloaded cards and special election result sheets all doctored to favour the All Progressives Congress, APC.
Secondus warned the INEC Chairman Prof Mahmood Yakubu that history would not judge him kindly if he failed to conduct free and fair election in 2019.
The PDP National Chairman spoke while hosting the Election team of the Economic Community of West Africa states, ECOWAS, led by Mohammad Conteh at the party’s National Campaign headquarters in Maitama, Abuja.
Alleging that the electoral umpire was working hand in hand with the APC to rig the election in 2019, he noted that “manipulation of election in 2019 would be a recipe for crisis in the country and the INEC Chairman will be held accountable.”
A statement from the National Chairman’s media office signed by Ike Abonyi, quoted Secondus as further alleging that the Commission used the governorship elections in Ekiti and Osun states as rehearsal to practice their rigging strategy for 2019.
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“They have finished their rigging arrangements with preloaded cards and special election result sheets all doctored to favour the ruling APC.
“The INEC Chairman has no strong will to follow our electoral laws and constitution as well as the laid down international standards in his processes towards 2019 and we want to let the World know this before it happens.
“They have finished plots to isolate states of Kano, Benue, Rivers, Buachi, Akwa Ibom, Delta, Imo, Kwara and Lagos for disruption during the general election so they can plan well to mobilize the rigging,” he said.
Secondus accused Inspector General of Police, Ibrahim Idris of supporting the electoral body in their rigging plans describing him as “the most violent biased Police boss in the country.”
He again reiterated his party’s lack of confidence in the commission as nothing has happened to show that they are going to do anything different from what they did in Ekiti and Osun States.
The National Chairman commended the Judiciary for standing up for democracy pointing out that without that arm of the government, the country would have been a banana republic.
