The All Progressives Congress said having failed to convince Nigerians to accept the postponement of the February elections, the Peoples Democratic Party had set in motion plans to shift the polls by ensuring that the APC presidential candidate, Maj. Gen. Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), was disqualified.
The National Publicity Secretary of the APC, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, said this in a statement on Tuesday.
It said the case instituted at a Federal High Court in Abuja on Monday, seeking a declaration that Buhari lacked the requisite qualification to contest the February 14 presidential election, was the first in a series of court cases to be instituted just so that the elections would not hold.
The statement partly read, “We are not surprised at this, because these desperadoes are so predictable. They are following the footsteps of the infamous Association for Better Nigeria which helped to annul the 1993 elections and which threw Nigeria into a crisis from which it has yet to fully recover, over 20 years later.
‘’We can only appeal to the judiciary not to become a willing tool in the hands of those who will stop at nothing to scuttle the elections, just to perpetuate their firm grip on power.”
The party said President Goodluck Jonathan was aware that if the elections went ahead as scheduled, he would lose to Buhari by a landslide.
It said the threats issued by those close to Jonathan that they would not accept the outcome of the election, should Jonathan lose, was evidence that the President was not prepared for transparent elections.
It said, “An ally of presidential aide, Doyin Okupe, has revealed that President Jonathan will rather have the military takeover than hand over to the APC candidate. Although Okupe has made a tepid denial, the revelation has exposed the thinking and the desperation within the Presidency, ahead of the elections.
‘’We are also aware that up till this moment, the President has yet to repudiate the ex-militants in the Niger Delta who have threatened the country’s very existence if he is not re-elected, as if elections are won by fiat. When this is added to ongoing moves to depopulate the North-East, which is an opposition stronghold, using scare tactics, one can see that this Presidency and the PDP are as terrified and desperate as they can be.”
The party urged the Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Mohammed Adoke, to advise Jonathan and his aides not to abuse the courts or use it as a tool to truncate democracy, as this could throw the country into chaos.

http://www.punchng.com/news/pdp-plans-to-use-court-to-stop-polls/

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Nigerians will resist every plot to scuttle the polls. What is PDP afraid of?? I thought they said Buhari is no match for Jonathan, that he's too old, he's a fanatic, and has fosilised ideas. Why are they scared of him now?

Jonathan has been the greatest single beneficiary of our democratic experience since '99 and now seems to be doing every single thing within his power to sabotage the same system and process that saw him get to where he is today. He had his chance but bungled it like the failure he is.

We must get to the polls in feBuhari and get you out of that seat mr President. We don't need you anymore. Don't let your desperation and those of your kinsmen lead you to damnation.

God forbid

Even if they postpone elections by a year and half. Gej will still loose. Pathetic individuals. Aware and terribly scared that the senseless looting of the treasury will stop as soon as buhari assumes power. The hundreds of thousands of oil barrels tht the president and his cohorts steal and sell illegally everyday has taken away every sense of morality in them. Imagine a bloody civilian like tompolo controlling the nigerian navy. its just a matter of time sha.


For the masses it is buhari. For the thieves and greedy enemies of nigeria, its Gej. Light prevails over darkness no matter how long it takes. Tears only last for a while, joy comes in the morning. We patiently await the polls

Sai Buhari. Sai Nigeria.

STOP TALKING NONSENSE AND BRING BUHARI'S CERTIFICATE

The election will hold with or without Buhari

Buhari must show his certificate

Olodo bring certificate, you said they should go to court. Now that they have done so,you are still complaining

For the records even if Buhari is disqualified, the elections would still proceed on course. APC is not the only party contesting against GEJ.They will simply not have a candidate.They have been given enough time to replace the illiterate yet they decided to sink with him

The february 14 date for the presidential election is sacrosant. Any attempt to shift it under any guise will be seriously resisted by Nigerians. We are yearning desperately for change and nothing will stop the clamour until the change we desire is achieved through a free, fair and credible election on february 14. If PDP is not ready for the election, they should quietly withraw and let other parties go into the contest.