Election: FG Accuses PDP of Causing Panic, Constitutional Crisis
The Federal Government Tuesday accused the opposition party, Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) of planning to cause panic among the populace during the presidential election which comes up on Saturday.
The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, in a statement said this was to discredit the planned election on Saturday in order to create constitutional crisis.
He said the PDP Presidential candidate, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar and his running mate, Mr Peter Obi were planning frivolous allegations against All Progressives Congress APC that will be raised during a world press conference.
Mohammed said part of the allegation is that the Presidency in connivance with the APC was planning to force the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to announce results that are favourable to government in power.
”As electioneering campaign winds down, the PDP has realised that it cannot possibly win a free, fair and credible polls. It has thus resorted to engaging in red herring, hauling insults and abuses at federal government and ruling party officials and making outlandish allegations with a view to creating a sense of panic and crisis.
”The truth is that President Muhammadu Buhari, a man respected globally for his integrity, has continuously assured that the elections will be free, fair, credible and peaceful. He has warmly welcomed observers, both local and foreign., because he has nothing to hide, and because he is sure that the achievements of his Administration will win him re-election.
”We are therefore calling on all Nigerians and the international community to disregard any attempt to scuttle or discredit the polls. We urge observers to keep an open mind. There is no cause for alarm, except in the warped imagination of the PDP, which has entered the panic mode and is already ruing the loss of another general election even before it has been held.”
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