The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has raised an alarm, saying the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, has included names of foreigners as voters for the 2019 general elections.
It said that names of the foreigners were smuggled into the voters register from Niger and Cameroon.
The party also accused the APC of plot to disrupt internet services, manipulate security agencies and disenfranchise PDP members from casting their votes in their strongholds.
PDP national chairman, Prince Uche Secondus made this allegation in Abuja while briefing newsmen through what he called, “an open letter to Nigerians”.
He said, “There has been a coordinated approach to register as voters, mainly from Niger and Cameroon.
“That is why INEC has established so many polling units along the border with Cameroon and Niger.
“That is despite the fact that population data does not justify the move”.
The PDP however stated that intelligence sources available to it have pointed out that the APC and INEC are in connivance to induce voters’ suppression in the PDP strongholds across the country.
Secondus explained that the alleged plot of voters disenfranchisement will happen through deliberate corrupting of four names on the voters register.
He further said the aim of this strategy was to create artificial problems wherein, at least, four registered voters can be disenfranchised in PDP strongholds.
In his words, “As we prepare for the general elections on Saturday, multiple intelligence sources available to us in PDP, show that All Progressives Congress, APC, in conjunction with the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, through their ICT situation room have concluded plans to manipulate the outcome of Saturday’s election in the following ways;
“By deliberately corrupting the INEC voters register to induce voters suppression in PDP’s stronghold operation areas with the aim of disenfranchising at least four voters through corrupting of their four names on the voters register.
” The strategy is to create artificial problems wherein, at least four registered voters can be disenfranchised in PDP strongholds.
“The target is to adequately limit the estimated members of PDP who would want to vote in their areas.
“There is deliberate ploy to disrupt internet services and jam cell tower coverage ostensibly to prevent Nigerians from covering the elections via social media.
“There is also confirmed intelligence showing that critical PDP in this election are to be earmarked, arrested and quarantined to a particular location to give way for the elections to be rigged.
“The other intelligence available to the party also shows that some uniforms of para-military and military operatives particularly the army a d police have been produced in large numbers for use by civilians during the voting period.
” To send faulty card reader machine to certain identified PDP strongholds and record a deliberate slow screening of voters to frustrate and discourage them
“They have packaged large sums of foreign currencies to induce voters, security and INEC operatives.
“We also have on good authority that all the electoral frauds via the ICT which the APC has mapped out are being coordinated by a highly placed government official (body bag) with the help of some foreigners inside an apartment in the Hovernment House and other locations in Kaduna State.”
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