ATIKU KICKS AGAINST DEPLOYMENT OF MILITARY ON MARCH 9
The presidential candidate of the Peoples
Democratic Party (PDP) in the just-concluded election, Atiku Abubakar, is
asking the Federal Government not to deploy the military in the Governorship
and House of Assembly elections coming up on Saturday March 9, 2019.
According to the media aide to the former
Vice President, Paul Ibe, this formed part of Mr. Abubakar’s demands during the
meeting between the National Peace Committee and some PDP leaders on Thursday.
In a statement, Abubakar also made reference
to the electoral infractions the party claimed it observed during the
Presidential election.
He added in the statement, “Ahead of the 9
March governorship and state house of assembly election, the Atiku Abubakar
team called for the unconditional release of all those illegally arrested and
detained for political reasons.
“Atiku Abubakar and his team reaffirmed that
the presidential election of 23 February was the worst in the history of the
country since the return to democracy in 1999.”
He stated further, “According to him
(Abubakar), the sham election was marked by militarization of the process, vote
suppression, intimidation, and collaboration of security agencies, INEC and the
ruling party to subvert the will of Nigerians.”
Although, the issue of Abubakar and the PDP’s
resolve to seek legitimate actions “to reclaim his stolen mandate” was said not
to have been discussed at the meeting, the PDP flag bearer had insisted “that
as a democrat, he will follow laid down constitutional and democratic
procedures to challenge the electoral malfeasance committed by APC in cohort
with INEC.”
He asked Nigerians to come out en masse and
vote in the March 9 election for the PDP candidates and be ready to defend
their votes up to collation point.
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