The Peoples Democratic Party on Wednesday raised
fresh allegations aimed at discrediting the National
Chairman of the Independent National Electoral
Commission, Prof. Attahiru Jega, over the conduct of
the forthcoming elections.
At a crowded press conference, in Abuja, the Director of
Media and Publicity of the PDP Presidential Campaign
Organisation, Chief Femi Fani-Kayode, alleged that Jega
had meetings with some unnamed leaders of the main
opposition, the All Progressives Congress in Dubai.
He alleged that the meeting was aimed at making sure
that those who were yet to get the Permanent Voter
Cards were denied the opportunity of receiving them.
The former minister of aviation put the number of these
set of voters at 23million.
Fani-Kayode added that the commission was scheming
out voters in states and areas where he said
supporters of the ruling party were.
Besides, he alleged that the PVCs were still at China
and were yet to be imported to Nigeria.
He said, “Pieces of information at our disposal have
shown that Jega has had meetings with APC stalwarts
in Dubai and other cities in the world to perfect this
wanton conspiracy against 23 million eligible voters.
“Besides, we have information that the PVCs that
Nigerians are scrambling for are not in Nigeria and will
not arrive before the elections.
“These PVCs are still in China and Jega has
strategically delayed their arrival to suit his
electioneering permutations.”
Asked to provide proof about the alleged Dubai meeting,
Fani-Kayode refused.
The commission has however refused to react to the
allegation, saying it doesn’t join issues with political
parties.
Chief Press Secretary to the Chairman of the
commission, Mr. Kayode Idowu, stated this in his
reaction.
Idowu said, “INEC doesn’t join issues with political
parties because the commission is a dispassionate
umpire.”
Fani-Kayode however said that Jega must also show
Nigerians proof that the Chinese company printing the
PVCs had been paid in full by disclosing the total
contract sum and the amount paid to date.
He also demanded that Jega should show proof of
arrival or expected date of arrival of all PVCs for the
elections and that he should equally tell Nigerians how
he could have distributed 23 million PVCs within five
days to election if there hadn’t been postponement.
He said it was wrong for the commission to have
claimed that the election was shifted due to insecurity,
adding that the electoral body as not fully ready for the
election.
According to him, “The matter is that INEC has failed in
its responsibility to produce and distribute PVCs to
about 34 percent of registered voters who would require
the cards to vote in the elections.
“This brings us to the issue of statistics of PVC
distribution and collection, which we believe Jega, as a
person, acting in concert with some forces of
retrogression, is playing games with.
“We express our concerns today that Jega may have
decided to aid the APC to rig the forthcoming elections
through the manipulation of the production, distribution
and collection of PVCs such that emerging trends have
consistently shown calculated attempts to deprive parts
of the country that would traditionally vote for President
Jonathan of their PVCs.
“Whereas, the parts of the country that would
traditionally vote for the APC presidential candidate,
General Muhammadu Buhari, are already armed with
their PVCs.”
He insisted that the PVC collection statistics for states
and geo-political zones before the postponement of the
elections buttressed his allegation that Jega allegedly
contrived what he described as “grand conspiratorial
alliance with the APC to fraudulently secure victory in
the elections.”
Fani-Kayode wondered why the PVC collection rates in
the North-Central, South-South, South-West and
South-East was much lower with the highest being 57
per cent, asking whether it was because of the fear that
these geopolitical zones might be pro-Jonathan.
He also wanted to know why the North-West zone
which includes Katsina (Buhari’s home state) have the
highest collection rate of 80 per cent.

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