The Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, Mr Secondus, has issued a statement condemning the postponement of the general elections, where he also called on the Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) Professor Yakubu Mahmoud, to resign.
Mr Secondus also blamed the ruling party of the All Progressives Congress (APC) for the postponement alleging that they created artificial crisis inorder for INEC to have an excuse to make such a wicked announcement that only favours their selfish interest.
Mr Secondus made this allegation via in his media aide Ike Abonyi, shortly after the elections were postponed by INEC.
According to the statement, Mr Secondus said:
“APC in connivance with INEC have been trying all options including but not limited to burning down INEC offices in some states and destroying of electoral materials to create artificial problems upon which to stand for their dubious act”.
“With several of their rigging options failing, they have to force INEC to agree to a shift in the election or a staggered election with flimsy excuses pre-manufactured for the purpose,”. “For the avoidance of doubt the PDP sees this action as wicked and we are also aware of other dubious designs like the deployment of hooded security operatives who would be ruthless on the people ostensibly to scare them away.”
Mr Secondus said the “wicked killing” of over 60 persons mostly women and children in southern Kaduna on the eve of the election “is a copious ploy by the APC to frighten the people away from voting knowing too well that they were not going to record any vote from the area”.