The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Presidential Committee has called on the National Assembly to immediately override President Muhammadu Buhari on his refusal to sign the amendment of the Electoral bill
According to PDP their call is coming after the President on Friday, rejected the electoral bill for the 4th time, and although he did not state reasons for declining the assent on the bill, saying it is now imperative as the President’s decision is a calculated attempt to hold Nigeria to ransom
PDP stated further that :
“President Muhammadu Buhari’s repeated refusal to sign electoral bill /act amendments passed by the National Assembly to check rigging in the election, raises issues of his sincerity of purpose and has the capacity to trigger political unrest and violence, which can, in turn, truncate our hard-earned democracy.
We also call on Nigerians to note that this is the fourth time the failed President Muhammadu Buhari is withholding assent on the amendment, without any cogent reason following his rejection by Nigerians.
It is unfortunate that Buhari’s desperation to hold on to power, has pushed him to taking steps that are capable of destabilizing our nation, just because the people are resolute and ready to vote him out of office democratically in February 2019
It is also instructive to note that President Muhammadu Buhari
Is mortally afraid of the amendments because, they essentially checked the All Progressives Congress (APC)
‘s rigging plans, including the use of underage and alien voters, vote-buying, alteration of results and manipulation of voter register”