BEVERLY HILLS, February 18, (THEWILL) – The Peoples Democratic Party Campaign Organisation says it is against reshuffling Resident Electoral Commissioners as demanded by the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, in the wake of the surprise postponement of last Saturday’s national election.
The campaign in a statement by Kola Ologbondiyan accused the ruling party of pressuring the electoral commission to implement the reshuffle in order to manipulate the vote.
“Intelligence available to us shows that the Buhari Presidency has directed the leadership of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to immediately reshuffle the Resident Electoral Commissioners (RECs) in order to deploy compromised officials to manipulate the electoral process in President Buhari’s favour, as they did with the police shortly before February 16.
“Our party is also aware of the pressure being mounted by the Buhari Presidency on INEC to cancel elections in some states and make others inconclusive so as to achieve President Buhari’s objectives of a staggered election not minding the crisis such will trigger across the federation,” the campaign said.
INEC has fixed February 23, 2019 as the new date for the vote.
