National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Adams Oshiomhole, has claimed that the decisions and actions of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), in the build-up to the general election has favoured the People’s Democratic Party (PDP).
Equally reacting to statements credited to ambassadors of some foreign countries, Oshiomhole warned that Nigeria is not under the supervision of any foreign country, just as he assured the foreign observers that security will be guaranteed.
The former Edo governor also alleged during a world press conference held in Abuja, yesterday, that the PDP has stockpiled a lot of money to buy votes during the polls.
On the allegation of the unholy alliance between the INEC Chairman, Mahmood Yakubu and President Muhammadu Buhari, in holding nocturnal meetings, he said: “If anything, this INEC has been very unfair to the APC. But, we just discovered that we have a responsibility.
The fact that we are a governing party imposes on us certain level of code that you can’t be seen to rubbish every institution, because, if we rubbish everything, it would mean we don’t want election. INEC believes everything the PDP says.
“As we speak, there are two Resident Electoral Commissioners who are virtually campaigning, line by line, with the PDP in the South South.
INEC, without giving us any explanation and without any concrete evidence, went ahead to say we can’t field candidates in Zamfara State, thereby seeking to award, without any contest, nullify democracy in the state. Is that the way your friends behave if they are your friends?
“INEC is working more for the PDP, based on evidence I can show. How can they explain that a court of competent jurisdiction gave orders in Zamfara, to say this candidate is eligible to contest election and another High Court in Abuja also gave a verdict saying APC did not conclude its primaries, but did not give order to INEC.
“There is no order issued by the Federal High Court in Abuja. The court of Appeal made a pronouncement on this matter, yesterday, that there was no order from the court in Abuja, but that there was a concrete order from a Zamfara High Court, which upheld the primaries that was conducted in Zamfara. The INEC Chairman has said that when there are two court orders, they will adopt the last judgement.
“When I saw Atiku talking about rigging today, I laughed. Do you remember the confession of the former Deputy Senate President, Ibrahim Mantu who, on national television narrated how president Obasanjo used him and Atiku to rig election, how they wrote results, how they collude with INEC.
