New
allegations have been leveled against the Independent National
Elect0ral Commission and the APC by PDP chieftain, Uche Secondus.
Uche Secondus
Prince Uche Secondus, a former Deputy National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party PDP, has accused the INEC of wrongdoing.
The man raised alarm that the nation’s democracy was heading
towards a total collapse if the conduct and style of the INEC under the
leadership of Prof Mahmood Yakubu were not checked and curtailed.
According to him, with the way and manner the present INEC has been
conducting its activities, it has become very obvious that the new INEC
Chairman lacks what he termed, the wherewithal to run the Commission,
adding that it has also become imperative that he must be guided if
Nigeria’s democracy must be protected.
He said that from Kogi, Bayelsa to Rivers, Imo and Edo states the
conduct of INEC has shown crass incompetence as it has failed glaringly
to conduct a free, fair and credible election, just as he called on all
democratic watchers to stand up against the present INEC that he alleged
to have shown clearly that its mission is to destroy this democracy by
continuously thwarting the will of the people.
In a statement he personally signed and released in Abuja
yesterday, Secondus noted that recent events involving INEC shows
clearly that the commission’s integrity was being challenged.
Secondus said, “events surrounding the elect0ral body since
Prof Yakubu took over from Prof Attahiru Jega leaves one with no other
conclusion than that it is not only incompetent but obviously a bias
agency designed to dance the music of the ruling All Progressives
Congress APC rather than that of Nigerians.
“From Kogi, Bayelsa to Rivers, Imo and Edo states the conduct
of this INEC has shown crass incompetence as it has failed glaringly to
conduct a free, fair and credible election. At every step on the way the
commission has compromised its independence by conniving with agents of
the APC to manipulate elect0ral process and undermine the will of the
people.”
Secondus described as most unfortunate the fact that the commission
” is being pushed about with impunity by the ruling APC that is a huge
beneficiary of a sound and credible elect0ral process put in place by
the PDP. ”
The development in Rivers state where some APC agents were caught
printing ballot papers has exposed INEC and wondered where the printers
got the code number and all the security link if they were not in league
with the Commission. He calls on President Muhammedu Buhari to condemn
the act and denounce APC’s desperation for power.
”The failure of INEC to conduct credible poll all these while
has far reaching implication in the sustaintenance of democracy in the
country as well as ensuring national stability.
“Finally, I call on all democratic watchers to stand up against
this INEC that has shown clearly that its mission is to destroy this
democracy by continuously thwarting the will of the people.”
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