between the country's two main political
parties has taken a new twist with the
All Progressives Congress alleging plots
by the federal government to postpone
elections and form an interim government. National Publicity Secretary of the
opposition party, Alhaji Lai
Mohammed, made the accusation on
Tuesday during a press conference. "During my last press conference on
January 29th, I alerted the nation to the
fact hat the advocates of the
postponement of this month's
general elections have resorted to using
the courts to disqualify our presidential candidate, General
Muhammadu Buhari, and scuttle the
polls," he said. "This followed the obvious failure of their
clandestine campaign to have the
elections postponed ostensibly because of
the poor distribution of Permanent Voter
Cards (PVCs) by the Independent National
Electoral Commission (INEC)," Mohammed said. Also read: APC queries INEC warning on election campaigns He said the so-called advocates of election
shift may have retreated, but they have
not given up their push to scuttle the
elections. "In fact, a conference organized on
Monday to consider the effects of
the National Conference on the 2015
, elections was turned into a campaign
for election postponement by the usual
culprits. "The election-postponement campaigners
have now returned to the drawing board
to plot another move to make sure the
elections do not hold, and that precisely is
why we have called this press
conference." APC called on Nigerian to remain vigilant,
especially in the days ahead, and to
continue to reject all attempts by "anti-
democratic forces" to "cling to or get
power through means that are not
democratic." "We urge our members and supporters in
particular to eschew violence under any
guise, even in the face of the most
egregious provocations, so as not to play
into the hands of those working to scuttle
the elections," read the statement. Comment could not be obtained from the
ruling People's Democratic Party, which
has recently said it was ready for the
elections.
