The ruling party alleges that the opposition party wants to disrupt the nation’s democracy because of its electoral ambition to rule at all cost

By Emeka Ejere

The All Progressives Congress, APC, has raised an alarm, alleging that the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, is plotting to stop the announcement of the results of the presidential election.

Festus Keyamo, the party’s campaign council spokesman, in a statement on Sunday, February 24, alleged that plans had been concluded by the opposition party to scuttle the nation’s democracy by obtaining an exparte court order stopping the announcement of the results.

“We understand that a meeting was held today with a group of senior lawyers who were instructed to prepare and file the processes in court on Monday, February 25, 2019,” Keyamo claimed.

It further stated: “Alhaji Atiku Abubakar was clear in his brief to the lawyers that he must be declared the president-elect of Nigeria by hook or crook, whether he wins or loses, or else he would drag the country down with him.”

Recalling that a similar court order during the June 12, 1993 election brought Nigeria to its knees and caused the country international isolation, APC noted that the court order was obtained by a group called Association for Better Nigeria headed then by one Authur Nzeribe.

“However, results trickling in from around the country have dampened his optimism,” the APC said.

It alleged, “This has prompted his instructions to his campaign organisation, especially his spokespersons to continue to issue statements, making false claims of ‘victory’ when there is no single scientific basis for such claims.

“For instance, as brazen as they are to claim victory, they have not pointed at one single presidential election result in any single unit in the whole country where they scored a particular figure with a result sheet duly signed by their agent that was subsequently changed at a collation centre.”

The ruling party stated its support for the legal process of declaring presidential election results to take place peacefully, and in an orderly fashion.

The APC said, “For us our position is very simple and straight forward: we wish to allow the legal process of declaring presidential election results to take place peacefully and in an orderly fashion.

– Feb. 25, 2019 @ 11:29 GMT |