#2015Elections: PDP accuses Jega of secretly meeting with APC leaders
The ruling party made the allegations on Wednesday, February 11, through
the Director of Media and Publicity of its Presidential Campaign
Organisation, Femi Fani-Kayode.
INEC Chairman, Attahiru Jega (Post NG)
Source:Jola Sotubo: pulse.ng, re-posted by Abdulgafar Esho (www.econsforumnew.blogspot.com)
Former Aviation Minister, Femi Fani-Kayode (Daily Post)
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has accused the Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Attahiru Jega of colluding with the All Progressives Congress (APC) to rig the upcoming general elections.
The
ruling party made the allegations on Wednesday, February 11, through
the Director of Media and Publicity of its Presidential Campaign
Organisation, Femi Fani-Kayode.
Fani-Kayode also alleged that Jega had attended a meeting in Dubai with some leaders of the APC.
“Pieces
of information at our disposal have shown that Jega has had meetings
with the APC stalwarts in Dubai and other cities in the world to perfect
this wanton conspiracy against 23 million eligible voters. Besides, we
have information that the PVCs that Nigerians are scrambling for are not
in Nigeria and will not arrive before the elections,” Fani-Kayode said.
“These
PVCs are still in China and Jega has strategically delayed their
arrival to suit his electioneering permutations. The matter is that INEC
has failed in its responsibility to produce and distribute PVCs to
about 34 per cent of registered voters who would require the cards to
vote in the elections. This brings us to the issue of statistics of PVC
distribution and collection which we believe Jega, as a person acting in
concert with some forces of retrogression, is playing games with,” he added.
“We
express our concerns today that Jega may have decided to aid the APC to
rig the forthcoming elections through the manipulation of the
production, distribution and collection of PVCs, such that emerging
trends have consistently shown calculated attempts to deprive parts of
the country that would traditionally vote for President Jonathan of
their PVCs,” he concluded.
The allegations have however been denied by the both the APC and INEC.
“INEC doesn’t join issues with political parties, because the commission is a dispassionate umpire,” Jega’s Chief Press Secretary Kayode Idowu, said.
The APC also denied the reports through its National Publicity Secretary, Lai Mohammed who said:
“I’m
in Abuja with some of our leaders. Baba Bisi Akande is here, Alhaji
Atiku Abubakar is here, former Governor Kayode Fayemi is here. Asiwaju
Bola Tinubu is in Lagos. No leader of the APC is outside the country.
So, tell me who is Jega meeting? Is it members of our NEC? Not one of
our leaders is outside the country. This people are paranoid. We are
preparing for our NEC meeting. We have some of our governors here. The
PDP is paranoid"
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