The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) on Wednesday called on the United Nations to closely monitor the forthcoming 2019 general elections as the All Progressives Congress (APC) and Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) were planning to rig the poll. The National Chairman of the party, Uche Secondus
who made the call on Tuesday while playing host to a delegation of the United Nations led by Mohammed Ibn Chambas said if nothing was done to stop the rigging of the elections, it would deprive the nation of a credible, free and fair elections. He insisted that the PDP has lost confidence in the ability of INEC to conduct credible polls, warning that Nigerians will resist any attempt to impose an unpopular government.
“INEC has not lived up to expectation. It should come out in clear terms and be seen as an umpire. Since they took over, a lot of issues have trailed their conduct of elections.
”We don’t have confidence in the leadership of INEC. There are no perfect elections anywhere in the world but there are glaring issues of concern. We suspect that INEC will rig the elections but Nigerians will resist. We suspect that the rigging will start from Borno State, especially with the number of people in the Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) camps,” he added.
Secondus further drew the attention of the UN to the alleged registration and voting by minors in Kano during the recently concluded local government poll.
“The registration of the underaged is part of their rigging strategies and the party is prepared to release a video evidence of the electoral manipulation."
