••• APC ADMINISTRATION COMPRISING NIGERIA’S SECURITY
The Peoples Democratic Party has issued a stern warning to the All Progressive Congress over an alleged plot to elongate the tenure of President Muhammadu Buhari.
The opposition is also accusing the APC of deliberately stoking political crisis to stall the 2023 general elections.
The National Publicity Secretary of the PDP, Hon. Debo Ologunagba, told the APC a late statement on Monday”to perish the thoughts of subverting the electoral process as part of its desperation to elongate its abysmal tenure beyond May 29, 2023.”
He accused the APC of a plot to orchestrate insecurity and political uncertainty to derail the electoral process, disrupt the general election to create a justification for tenure elongation.
Ologunagba fingered desperate leaders of the APC as being behind the President’s refusal to sign the amendment to the Electoral Act 2022 in order to frustrate the primaries and indeed the electoral process.
“It is not surprising to the PDP that Mr. President was again “absent” having travelled to the United Arab Emirate and abandoned his constitutional duty of signing the crucial amendment to the Electoral Act.
“This attitude of Mr. President to an issue that is critical to our electoral system is consistent with APC’s plot to cause confusion in the polity, orchestrate an unconducive environment for elections, stall the 2023 general elections and achieve a rumoured third term agenda.
“The regularity of the electoral process as well as the confidence of the people in the certainty of timelines and outcomes of elections are the hallmarks of democracy, which the APC has been dislocating apparently with the view to undermining the electoral process.
“It is clear that the APC has already commenced this ignoble plot with its desperation to use the Court to overthrow the outcome of the FCT Area Council election held on Saturday, February 12, 2022 which was overwhelmingly won by candidates of the PDP, halt the swearing in of the newly elected Chairmen and Councilors and impose an undemocratic government in the FCT.
“The PDP is concerned about APC’s exposed plot to deploy such despicable underhand methods to subvert elections in 2023 where they do not favour APC candidates.
“Moreover, it is now clear that the APC administration has been compromising our security system, opening our nation up to attacks and permitting shared sovereignty with terrorists over large portions of the territory of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, apparently to further orchestrate a security situation that will justify the stalling of elections in 2023.
“This probably explains why President Buhari has failed to confront terrorists, contrary to his promise to lead the fight against terrorism from the front and why he remains “absent” and “weak” as terrorists pillage our citizens in various parts of the country.”
He lamented that provocative utterances especially describing a particular part of the country as ‘a dot in a circle’ have deepened disunity, agitations, and restiveness in parts of the country.
He warned the APC that its plot has been exposed and Nigerians would resist any move to continue misrule through tenure elongation.
“Nigerians are determined to vote out the APC and return our nation to the path of unity, stability and economic prosperity under the PDP. No amount of shenanigan can keep the APC in power beyond May 29, 2023.” He added
The APC had postponed it presidential screening exercise initially scheduled for May 23rd.
The National Publicity Secretary of Party, Mr Felix Morka, said that a new date would be announced for the exercise.
No reason was given for the sudden shifting of the exercise.
