Uche Secondus, national chairman
of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has alleged that corrupt persons are
mobilising and ganging up to install President Muhammadu Buhari in 2019.
Speaking while inaugurating the
party’s campaign council for the September 22 governorship election in Osun
state, Secondus said the APC has made itself a safe heaven for corrupt persons.
He said such persons are not only
being granted relief but getting more protection.
The PDP leader said the worst
form of corruption is rigging of election and buying of votes “which the APC is
perpetuating in our polity”.
He said in Osun, the opposition
party would not tolerate the “charade” that happened during the July
governorship election in Ekiti state.
“Enough is enough, PDP will not tolerate
Osun being rigged like Ekiti, we have a popular candidate and the performance
of the APC ruling government has been awful with months of salaries owned to
workers,” he said.
“We are aware that the electoral
commission that is supposed to operate as an unbiased umpire in the conduct of
elections has suddenly made itself a parastatal of the federal government,
conniving with APC and security agencies to exchange results.
“Even security agencies whose
allegiance should be to the constitution and people of Nigeria have allowed
itself to behave as if they are operatives of the ruling APC.
“We decided to set up this high
powered committee to demonstrate the importance we attach to this election, all
our Presidential aspirants and some state governors are members plus all other
critical stakeholders from south-west and other parts of the country.”
In his remark, Senate President
Bukola Saraki, who is the chairman of the 85-member committee, charged
Buhari to stand on the commitment he
made recently to two world leaders who visited the country.
Buhari had said he would conduct
a free, fair and credible election.
Saraki said aside the popularity
of the PDP candidate in Osun state, the people are yearning for change to
return their state to the PDP.
Ademola Adeleke, a serving
senator, is the flagbearer of the PDP in the election.
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