Politics
2019 Elections: INEC Plotting To Rig Polls -PDP Alleges
A ballot box filled with ballot paper
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has accused the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) of planning to rig the 2019 general elections.
The national chairman of the party, Uche Secondus, while briefing the members of the Board of Trustees (BoT) of the party, said the alleged voting exercise carried out by minors in Kano and Katsina States recently questioned the competence of the electoral body.
Secondus said, “We are ready to let the world know that INEC is prepared to rig elections in 2019. INEC is doing everything on the negative side against Nigerians to rig elections in 2019 and we will come up at the appropriate time to show the data to prove that.
“You are aware that in the last local government election in Kano States, that the under aged voted and never in the history of any election in the world would you take children out en-mass and you give them voter’s card to vote in an election. It happened in 2015, it will not happen again in 2019.
“If they don’t have enough explanation to give to Nigerians, then we shall call on the international community to look at the electoral body. We are ready, determined and resolved to resist all the illegalities in this country.”
Secondus therefore, tasked party members to educate the people on the importance of getting their Permanent Voter’s Card (PVC), adding that members would be rewarded for diligence towards the success and victory of the party in 2019.
“We must encourage our members, our constituencies to get their voter’s cards which INEC is in charge of. We are coming up with data on details of distribution and how they have cornered some of these voters’ cards to the Internally Displaced Persons (IDP’s) camps
“We have also developed a new reward system. In the time past, people will labour and work for the party; others will come and enjoy it. Unless you deliver your units, unless you deliver your constituency, you may not be recognized because what counts is the number of votes.”
“We are aware of the attitude of the federal government, especially INEC and the security agencies. They are not friendly at all to Nigerians not to talk about being friendly to PDP,” Secondus said.
