ABUJA- NATIONAL leadership of the
Peoples Democratic Party, PDP alleged yesterday that the governing party, the
All Progressives Congress, APC was planning to plunge the country into anarchy
with its planned moves to arm-twist the various election tribunals to subvert
the will of the people and upturn democratically elected governments in some
states, just as it stressed that it was dangerous to democracy.
According to PDP, the APC was
already hounding the PDP senators-elect and threatening to use its new federal
might to influence to coax the tribunals against them if they fail to do its
bidding in the ongoing politicking to raise new leadership in the Senate.
In a statement yesterday by PDP
National Publicity Secretary, Chief Olisa Metuh , the party which vowed to
rigidly resist such an action, said that as a party, it was privy to
intelligence reports showing certain clandestine moves and nocturnal meetings
in Lagos and Abuja on how the APC has put in place ways on how it would
compromise the sanctity of the electoral tribunals in their compositions and
locations to suit the purpose of the ruling party.
Metuh said, “We are aware that there
are moves by the APC to cause the doctoring of the membership of the
gubernatorial elections tribunals in some PDP states, particularly Akwa-Ibom,
Abia, Rivers and Delta with the aim to bring in friendly officers, possibly to
push through their agenda against our great party.
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“Also we question the so-called
security reasons adduced for the decision to relocate the Akwa-Ibom state
Governorship, National and State Assembly elections tribunals out of the state
and wonder why Akwa-Ibom was singled out.
“Nigerians and the international
community would recall that we had earlier alerted of furtive moves by the APC
to procure and compromise some stakeholders in the elections including INEC and
security personnel to bear false witness and doctor electoral materials against
the PDP at the tribunals.
“In the same vein, we had earlier
alerted of a groundswell of plots by the APC to foist a one party rule in our
country by attempting to destabilize the PDP, take over some of our states and
legislative seats, all to ensure that there is no strong opposition when they
eventually assume power.
“It is apparently in line with this
heinous agenda that the APC has started hounding our senators-elect with
threats to use the tribunals against them if they fail to do their bidding in
the parliament.
“It is worrisome that this ‘jackboot
mentality’ and rape of our democracy which is averse to the spirit of the
healing process is happening with the knowledge of President Muhammadu Buhari,
who is a direct beneficiary of the huge sacrifice the PDP made to ensure that
the nation remains peaceful and stable.
“We want President Buhari to note
that the plot by his party to alter the will of the people and unlawfully take
over states genuinely won by the PDP is obviously an invitation to anarchy
capable of truncating our hard-earned democracy as it would be stiffly resisted
by the people.
“We invite the international
community and lovers of democracy worldwide to note the ugly developments and
hold the APC responsible should there be any break down of law and order in the
polity. The PDP wishes to restate in the strongest possible terms that we are
not vanquished and will therefore resist these plots with all the energy and
force availed by the law.
“Let it be known that there is no
way we can fold our hands and watch while the mandates freely given to our
governors and National Assembly members fall prey to the ravenous ambition of
the APC.
“It is on this note that we once
again draw the attention of the leaderships of the judiciary, INEC and security
forces to the plots intended to compromise their men, drag in their
institutions and pitch them against the people. We therefore charge them to
protect their sanctity by closely monitoring their officials to ensure that they
are not in anyway manipulated in this direction”.
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