Gentlemen of the press, we have called you up again today
to alert Nigerians of another heinous machination by the
Buhari Presidency and the Independent National Electoral
Commission (INEC) to subvert the will of the people and rig
the February 16, Presidential election.
You will recall that we have been raising the flag on how the
Buhari Presidency, the All Progressives Congress (APC) and
some individuals at the echelon of INEC have been seeking
ways to compromise our electoral processes and open the
way for the allocation of fictitious votes to President
Muhammadu Buhari, having realized that he cannot win in a
credible, free and fair polls.
Today, we have been informed that the Chairman of INEC,
Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, apparently in furtherance of the
plots to rig the Presidential election, has appointed Mrs.
Amina Zakari, a blood relation (niece) of the APC candidate,
President Muhammadu Buhari, as the Chairperson of INEC
Advisory Committee and Presidential election Collation
Center Committee.
The Peoples Democratic Party Presidential Campaign
Organization (PPCO) outrightly, vehemently and
unequivocally rejects, in its entirety, the appointment of
Mrs. Amina Zakari, President Buhari’s blood relation, as the
head of the collation of results, in the same election in
which his uncle, President Buhari, as a candidate, has
displayed a huge desperation to win.
The appointment of Mrs. Amina Zakari, who had been
openly accused in various quarters as being the link person
between INEC and the Buhari Presidency in their schemes to
rig the election for President Buhari, constitutes a direct
violence against the Presidential election and the PDP will
not, in any way, whatsoever, accept it.
This is the same Amina Zakari, who headed the ICT
Department of INEC at the time that department was
accused of manipulating the INEC voter register to
accommodate fictitious, underage and alien voters,
particularly, in remote areas where they plan to allocate and
announce conjured votes for President Buhari and the APC.
It will interest Nigerians to note that this is the same Amina
Zakari that was alleged to have played some roles in the
2018 governorship election in Osun state, where the
electoral processes were flagrantly abused.
In appointing Mrs. Amina Zakari to head the collation of this
Presidential election, Prof. Yakubu has confirmed that he
has been compromised and that he has already succumbed
to pressure by the Buhari Presidency and APC to open the
way for the self-succession of President Buhari.
The fact remains that there is no way Amina Zakari will not
allocate votes to her blood relation, President Buhari, whom
Nigerians have indicated clearly that they are not ready to
return to office as President.
With Amina Zakari at the head of results collation, there is
no way votes cast by Nigerians will count.
We, therefore, call on all Nigerians and particularly the
National Peace Committee to note that with the appointment
of Amina Zakari, as head the collation of Presidential
results, the INEC Chairman is setting the stage for a very
huge political crisis, which is capable of derailing our
democratic process.
We also urge the United Nations and other global
democratic institutions to take copious note of this noxious
appointment by the INEC Chairman.
If the INEC Chairman wants a peaceful Presidential election,
he should, with the speed of light, reverse himself on this
appointment.
In fact, the PPCO reiterates its position that for us to have a
peaceful election, Mrs. Amina Zakari should not be seen
anywhere near any of the 2019 election processes, not to
talk of being involved in the collation of Presidential results
The PDP remains committed to a peaceful and credible
process, but we will never, in any way, allow anybody to
use any means, under any guise whatsoever, to rig us out in
this election. Not after it is clear that Nigerians have
attained a consensus to rally behind our Prsidential
candidate, Atiku Abubakar, as their next President.
All we ask for is a free, fair, credible and transparent
electoral process in which the votes of Nigerians will not
only count but will be seen to have counted.
Like Mr. President said during his 2019 budget presentation
at the National Assembly, the world is watching us.
Signed:
Kola Ologbondiyan
Director, Media & Publicity
PDP Presidential Campaign Organization
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