{"id":3643,"date":"2019-01-30T17:37:19","date_gmt":"2019-01-30T17:37:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.com\/nigeria\/?p=3643"},"modified":"2019-01-30T17:43:13","modified_gmt":"2019-01-30T17:43:13","slug":"2019-election-pdp-accuses-buhari-apc-of-planning-to-scuttle-polls","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/2019-election-pdp-accuses-buhari-apc-of-planning-to-scuttle-polls","title":{"rendered":"2019 election: PDP accuses Buhari, APC of planning to hack and ignore the polls"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Wednesday submited that the ruling All Progressive Congress, APC, and the Buhari Presidency should be held responsible for the reported plots to cheat on the conduct of the 2019 polls.<\/p>\n<div class=\"code-block code-block-2\">\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-1524595905268-4\" data-google-query-id=\"CMazwvyEluACFRK73godFpYGGA\">\n<div id=\"google_ads_iframe_\/14001636\/DP_InsidePost_Adsense_1_0__container__\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>The opposition party said it\u2019s position was informed after it reviewed recent developments in the political environment and, particularly the alleged desperation being exhibited by the APC and agents of Buhari.<\/p>\n<p>PDP spokesman, Kola Ologbondiyan, said this in a statement in Abuja.<\/p>\n<div class=\"code-block code-block-3\">\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-1524595905268-5\" data-google-query-id=\"CMezwvyEluACFRK73godFpYGGA\">\n<div id=\"google_ads_iframe_\/14001636\/DP_InsidePost_Adsense_2_0__container__\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1989\" src=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.com\/nigeria\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2019\/01\/Atiku-Ab-300x169.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/upload\/sites\/3\/2019\/01\/Atiku-Ab-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/upload\/sites\/3\/2019\/01\/Atiku-Ab.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Ologbodiy.\u201dan added, \u201cThe PDP stance is predicated on the revelation by the National Security Adviser (NSA), Maj. Gen. Babagana Mongunu, that \u201csome individuals that are not certain of their fate in the elections are plotting to precipitate widespread violence aimed at scuttling the conduct of the polls\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBy every evidence and material facts, the political party and candidate that are not certain of their fate in the election have proven to be the APC and its Presidential candidate, Muhammadu Buhari, who have continued to exhibit acts of frustration over fear of imminent electoral loss.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-2069\" src=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.com\/nigeria\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2019\/01\/buhari-worried-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/upload\/sites\/3\/2019\/01\/buhari-worried-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/upload\/sites\/3\/2019\/01\/buhari-worried.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are all witnesses to the series of warnings to the Buhari Presidency, from prominent Nigerians citizens and topmost members of the international community, including the United States, United Kingdom, the United Nations, and the European Union, against actions that are inimical to the smooth conduct of the general elections.<\/p>\n<div class=\"code-block code-block-4\">\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-1524595905268-6\" data-google-query-id=\"CMizwvyEluACFRK73godFpYGGA\">\n<div id=\"google_ads_iframe_\/14001636\/DP_InsidePost_Adsense_3_0__container__\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u201cIt is instructive to note that instead of heeding this warning, the Buhari Presidency and the APC, in their arrogance and desperation, resorted to blackmailing and vilifying the international community, thereby further confirming that they are not ready for a peaceful, free and fair election\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>Further, Ologbondiyan explained, \u201cExcept the NSA is addressing facts known to Nigerians that as a result of losses already suffered by the APC on account of court judgments stopping it from participating in the elections in some states, due to its flawed primaries, some desperate leaders and members of the ruling party are making discreet arrangements to scuttle the polls.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is in addition to APC\u2019s frustration over the soaring popularity of the people\u2019s candidate, Atiku Abubakar, among Nigerians across the board, who have come to a consensus to elect him as the next President of our country, come February, 16, 2019.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFor the majority of Nigerians, particularly members of the PDP and our teeming supporters, across our nation, the successful conduct of the February 16, 2019 Presidential election is a paramount desire that must be actualized.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNigerians are eager to go to the polls to vote out this administration that has caused them so much anguish, pain, hunger, economic deprivation, sectional acrimony and deaths and this is the reason the APC is seeking all ways to scuttle the elections.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"code-block code-block-20\"><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Wednesday submited that the ruling All Progressive Congress, APC, and the Buhari Presidency should be held responsible for the reported plots to cheat on the conduct of the 2019 polls. 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