Kola Ologbodiyan

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) says it has uncovered a  directive, allegedly issued by President Muhammadu Buhari, directing the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to falsify and declare results in favour of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC).

Briefing newsmen at the party’s Legacy House in Abuja, the National Publicity Secretary of the PDP, Kola Ologbondiyan also alleged that the INEC Chairman, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu has succumbed to back channel bullying by the Buhari Presidency.

“The Minister of Works and Housing, Babatunde Fashola, the Managing Director of Nigeria Ports Authority (NPA), Hadiza Bala Usman, Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Boss Mustapha, among others were in attendance.

‘Resident Electoral Commissioners (RECs) were directed to issue out result sheets to APC agents to falsify and declare results in favour of the APC.

“Intelligence at our disposal reveals that the INEC Chairman has succumbed to back channel bullying by the Buhari Presidency and APC to accede to their demand to replace Electoral Officers (EOs) in various critical states with APC agents who will vehemently execute President Buhari’s rigging plans in the February 23 presidential election.

“Also, our party has full details of how the Department of State Services (DSS) has been interfering with operations of critical departments of INEC, including the ICT department to do APC’s bidding.

“The PDP also has details of the meeting last night by President Buhari, some APC northern governors and Service Chiefs where pressure was mounted on the Service Chiefs in connection with the APC rigging plans.

“We alert Nigerians that the INEC Chairman has been intimidated with threat of ‘Onnoghen’s treatment’ to accept a list of APC members and agents and post them to serve as EOs in various states including Kano, Kaduna, Rivers, Bauchi, Akwa-Ibom, Zamfara, Benue, Sokoto, Lagos, Plateau, Taraba, Borno, Adamawa, Kogi, Delta, Ebonyi among others,” Ologbondiyan said.

He further revealed that electoral officers have been briefed to ensure the diversion of sensitive electoral materials from designated polling centres, delay the accreditation process so as to frustrate voters’ enthusiasm.

He said the Electoral Officers have also been directed to compromise the collation process, allocate and announce fictitious results for President Buhari and muddle up the process to pave way for result cancellation where it becomes impossible to rig for Buhari.

“The PDP stands with Nigerians indirectly rejecting this latest arm-twisting of security agencies as well as the nefarious plots to use APC members as INEC Election Officers.

“It is now clearer that the election day killing order issued by President Buhari is designed to clamp down and even kill patriotic Nigerians who will want to confront and stop the APC from executing their rigging plots on the day of election.

“However, the PDP in clear terms, assures INEC, compromised security agents and President Buhari that their evil plans will definitely come to naught.

“Nigerians are now, more than ever before, determined in rallying with our party, to confront, resist and stop President Buhari and the APC on their trail to rig the February 23 election.

“Nigerians in their millions, across the 176,000 polling units and voting points, have been placed on readiness for this election and nobody can rig them out,” he added.