Prince Uche Secondus, the national Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has accused the President Muhammadu Buhari-led government and the All Progressives Congress, APC, of conniving with the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, towards truncating the “hard earned democracy nurtured for 16 years by the PDP administration.”
Secondus claimed that indicators on ground “shows that the party is not preparing to conduct free and fair election in 2019.”
He spoke while receiving a team of European Union EU led by Ketil Karlsen.
This was contained in a statement sent to DAILY POST by his spokesperson, Ike Abonyi, on Thursday.
The PDP National Chairman expressed concern that the emerging signs showed that 2019 election might be rigged.
According to Secondus, the government and its agencies were not realistically preparing for free and fair election.
He said, “What we see is marshal system of framing up opposition leaders and trying to intimidate them
“They are not ready to observe the rule of law and there is no democracy without rule of law.
“We conducted election in 2015, the party and the Presidential candidate did not go to court, we had smooth transition because we believe in the rule of law
” Nigeria as the largest black nation in the globe cannot afford crisis because of the huge effect it would have in the continent and the entire global democratic community if democracy is truncated.”
Secondus appealed to European Union and other international partners to keep a watch on Nigeria ahead 2019 and put pressure on the government and INEC for a free, fair and credible election.
He said that the European Union’s visit was coming at the appropriate time given that Buhari has just indicated interest to recontest for a second term in 2019.
Secondus stated that the PDP was mobilizing its members and other Nigerians ahead of the election through its rebranding project that was targeted at youths and women.
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