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Presidency, PDP Plot Nationwide Protests To Force Election Postponement by mattkelly: 2:29pm On Jan 29, 2015
Barring any change in their plan, the Nigerian presidency and the Peoples Democratic Party will any moment from now begin to instigate protests against the Independent National Electoral Commission [INEC] as a way of forcing the commission to postpone the February 14 and 28 general elections.

Presidency and PDP insiders told this newspapers Thursday that as part of the plot to postpone the elections, women and youth groups across the country would be procured to march on INEC headquarters and state offices with placards, complaining about the electoral body’s refusal to deliver their Permanent Voter Cards [PVC] to them.

The protesters will then call for a postponement of the election so they would not be disenfranchised.

To perfect the plans for the widespread plans, PREMIUM TIMES understands that several planning meetings have been held by officials of the PDP, the party’s presidential campaign council and some presidency officials on how to finance the women and youth groups to undertake the protests.

A source who is familiar with the matter, but who declined to be named for security reasons, said the protesters are expected to gather in INEC offices to protest the inability of the commission to distribute the Permanent Voters Card and ask for the postponement of the elections.

“The protest will begin in Abuja after which similar ones will hold in various offices across the country, billions of naira has already been approved,” our source said.

He also said the latest move is a follow up to the kite flown by the National Security Adviser, Sambo Dasuki, calling for the postponement of the polls on account of INEC’s inability to distribute PVCs.

Mr. Dasuki called for the postponement in London, while addressing an audience at Chatham House.

However, the INEC Chairman, Attahiru Jega, has stated that the measures taken by the Commission for the distribution of PVCs would be enough to overcome the challenges being faced in the distribution of the cards.
INEC also said it has so far distributed 42.77 million PVCS out of the 68.8 million registered voters, representing 62.15 per cent.

Since Mr. Dasuki’s call for postponement of the polls, several Nigerians and groups, especially, the All Progressives Congress, APC, have maintained that the Presidency and the ruling Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, are pushing for postponement because of the fear of failure.

The PDP and Presidency have both denied being behind the postponement move.

But our source said Wednesday’s meeting has confirmed that PDP officials wanted more time to explore ways of turning around what appears a “change” momentum in the country.

“They agreed that the best thing to do is to force a postponement to allow the party recover effectively,” another presidency source said.

“They also agreed that the momentum to attack the integrity of General Buhari must be maintained before any election is allowed,” he said.

The spokesperson for the PDP presidential campaign, Femi Fani-Kayode, as well as the Special Adviser to the President on Political Matters, Rufai Alkali, could not be reached to comment for this story. While Mr. Fani-Kayode’s telephone lines failed to connect, Mr. Alkali did not answer or return calls

The spokesperson for the APC, Lai Mohammed, had issued a statement Wednesday saying, a newspaper advert plainly calling for election shifts has the imprint of the PDP and Presidency.

”There is no clearer indication that the PDP and the Presidency are the puppeteers behind the election shift campaign than Wednesday’s newspaper advertorial plainly campaigning for the polls to be shifted.

”This advert, which has the picture of President Goodluck Jonathan and the logo of the PDP – meaning they will be the sole beneficiaries of the postponement they are seeking – leaves no one in doubt that the ruling party and the presidency are pathologically dishonest, deliberately deceptive and chronically terrified about the elections,” Mr. Mohammed said.

http://saharareporters.com/2015/01/29/presidency-pdp-plot-nationwide-protests-force-election-postponement

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Re: Presidency, PDP Plot Nationwide Protests To Force Election Postponement by alaoeri: 2:31pm On Jan 29, 2015
Dead on arrival, election will hold on FEBUHARI 14 & we kicking the clueless one out.
Sai Buhari.

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Re: Presidency, PDP Plot Nationwide Protests To Force Election Postponement by Horus(m): 2:33pm On Jan 29, 2015

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Re: Presidency, PDP Plot Nationwide Protests To Force Election Postponement by spott(m): 2:36pm On Jan 29, 2015
oh boy! PDP/Jona are afraid of Buhari/APC oooooo. grin Why na them dey ginja for postponement when other parties are not complaining. This is a sign of defeat. Jonathan and PDP are totally, massively, astronomically, big-time, broadly, colossally, considerably, enormously, extensively, highly, hugely, largely, massively, monstrously, monumentally, much, sizably, staggeringly, stupendously, tremendously, utterly, vastly FINISHED come FeBuhari14.

#IHaveDecided #GEJisClueless #SaiBuhari

Our new President come May 29th will be Muhammadu Buhari who wan bet?

Hit Like if u no wan make dem postpone am!

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Re: Presidency, PDP Plot Nationwide Protests To Force Election Postponement by ngoziiwenofu1: 2:39pm On Jan 29, 2015
PDP is not capable of saying such. As am posting this now, PDP is 100% ready for election. so why forcing to postpone the election.
Please save me that lies.
Re: Presidency, PDP Plot Nationwide Protests To Force Election Postponement by ngoziiwenofu1: 2:39pm On Jan 29, 2015
PDP is not capable of saying such. As am
posting this now, PDP is 100% ready for election.
so why forcing to postpone the election.
Please save me that lies.
Re: Presidency, PDP Plot Nationwide Protests To Force Election Postponement by omaiyale: 2:42pm On Jan 29, 2015
The fear of GMB is the beginning of ...

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Re: Presidency, PDP Plot Nationwide Protests To Force Election Postponement by fitzmayowa: 2:43pm On Jan 29, 2015
Where is all this news of election postponement coming from PDP trying to force protest how Why would people protest when INEC is still sharing voter's card And there might even be a shift in the deadline for the collection of PVC...

I wonder what some media house gain in peddling propaganda...SMH
Re: Presidency, PDP Plot Nationwide Protests To Force Election Postponement by spott(m): 2:44pm On Jan 29, 2015
ngoziiwenofu1:
PDP is not capable of saying such. As am
posting this now, PDP is 100% ready for election.
so why forcing to postpone the election.
Please save me that lies.

Why forcing to postpone the election? I you not seeing, hearing, dreaming at all. GMB is the next president!
PDP has been clamouring for this since. They are seeing the signs that Jona is losing this election.
http://saharareporters.com/2015/01/29/presidency-pdp-plot-nationwide-protests-force-election-postponement
http://www.premiumtimesng.com/news/headlines/175862-exclusive-presidency-pdp-plot-nationwide-protests-force-election-postponement.html
http://www.vanguardngr.com/2015/01/2015-elections-postponement-dasuki-acting-pdp-presidency-script/

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Re: Presidency, PDP Plot Nationwide Protests To Force Election Postponement by Nobody: 2:54pm On Jan 29, 2015
U knw now, when dey don see say defeat is inevitable, the only thing they can do is to clamour for postponement to derive a plan on how to rig d election......buh it's just a waste of time. Buhari don win dis one..

VOTE feBUHARI

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Re: Presidency, PDP Plot Nationwide Protests To Force Election Postponement by kestolove95(m): 2:56pm On Jan 29, 2015
D fear of GMB is d beginning of election postponement

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Re: Presidency, PDP Plot Nationwide Protests To Force Election Postponement by gwales: 2:56pm On Jan 29, 2015
notin would stop Mr clueless bein embarrass on febuari14

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Re: Presidency, PDP Plot Nationwide Protests To Force Election Postponement by collinsVP: 4:50pm On Jan 29, 2015
The circumstances that threw GEJ up raised expectations to a level that we be difficult to achieve even in the best of circumstances and the circumstances have not been the best. My prolem with him is that he has deepened the problem than he met it. To me those PVC yet to be claimed are for people whose expectations were dashed by GEJ. GEJ was suppose to be responsible to the ordinary Nigerians only because he came to power without a clear cut fatherism backing him. But due to selfishness he played into the hands of hawks and they rubbished him.

The next time I will cast a vote on national matter, it must be on a referendum on whether or not we should practice true federalism.

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