The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) on Sunday reacted to the emergence of a former Vice President, Atiku Abubakar as its Presidential candidate.
PDP said the emergence of the Waziri of Adamawa without “any form of disagreements or reliance on heavy security” was an indication that Nigerians are peaceful.
A statement by PDP’s spokesperson, Kola Ologbondiyan said that the “orderliness, transparency and credibility” of its Presidential primary serve as a direct lesson to the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) and the All Progressives Congress (APC) on how elections should be conducted in “present-day Nigeria.”
The party stated that the process has shown that the “electoral umpire, in its manifest compromises, has been responsible for the electoral crises at various levels of elections.”
PDP said the conclusion of its convention also shows that “Nigerians, irrespective of their individual and group interests, are capable of holding peaceful and credible elections that meet global standards.”
The statement reads, “The success of our presidential primary followed our strict adherence to democratic rules and principles of transparency and fairness, which has eluded the nation since President Muhammadu Buhari-led licentious administration assumed office. Simply put, in the PDP Presidential primary, every vote counted.
“Nigerians are therefore no longer in doubt that our compromised electoral umpire, under the Buhari administration, is ostensibly culpable for injecting rancorous situations that create openings for violence, manipulations, inconclusive polls and outright rigging of elections.”
PDP also invited the whole world to note that the conduct of its “Presidential primary and a clear winner, Atiku Abubakar, emerging without any form of disagreements or reliance on heavy security, shows that Nigerians are peaceful, orderly and desirous of credible processes at all levels of political engagement.”
The PDP, therefore, charged INEC to “stop blaming voters, accept responsibility for its failure to conduct credible elections and learn from our presidential primary, as we approach the 2019 general elections.”
The party restated its determination to dismantle APC’s rigging machinery and return credible processes in all spheres of our national life.
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