The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has raised an alarm over alleged plot by the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) to scuttle the 2023 general elections. The PDP in a statement on Sunday evening alleged that the APC is stoking political crisis to obstruct the 2023 general elections.
The statement read: “The Party alerts Nigerians of the plot by the @OfficialAPCNg to use orchestrated insecurity and political uncertainty to derail the electoral process, stall the 2023 general elections and create a situation to justify a tenure elongation.
“There are revelations that desperate @OfficialAPCNg leaders are behind the delay by President @MBuhari in signing the amendment to the Electoral Act 2022 so as to frustrate the smooth conduct of primaries by political parties and derail the entire electoral process.” described as “not surprising”,
The PDP accused President Buhari of abandoning his “constitutional duty of signing the crucial amendment to the Electoral Act” and traveling to the UAE.
The Party declared: “This attitude of Mr. President to an issue that is critical to our electoral system is consistent with @OfficialAPCNg’s plot to cause confusion in the polity, orchestrate an unconducive environment for elections, stall the 2023 general elections and achieve a rumoured third term agenda.
“The regularity of the electoral process as well as the confidence of the people in the certainty of timelines and outcomes of elections are the hallmarks of democracy, which the @OfficialAPCNg has been dislocating apparently with the view to undermining the electoral process.”
The PDP alleged that the APC is planning to “use the Court to overthrow the outcome of the FCT Area Council election held on Saturday, February 12, 2022, which was overwhelmingly won by candidates of the @OfficialPDPNig halt the swearing-in of the newly elected Chairmen and Councilors and impose an undemocratic government in the FCT.”
The party maintained: “The @OfficialPDPNig is concerned about @OfficialAPCNg’s exposed plot to deploy such despicable underhand methods to subvert elections in 2023 where they do not favour APC candidates.
“Moreover, it is now clear that the @OfficialAPCNg administration has been compromising our security system, opening our nation up to attacks and permitting shared sovereignty with terrorists over large portions of the territory of the Federal Republic of Nigeria apparently to further orchestrate a security situation that will justify the stalling of elections in 2023.”