The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) says President Buhari’s refusal to sign the electoral amendment might cause a political unrest and violence in 2019. They claimed that the President is avoiding a free and fair election.


The PDP’s Presidential Campaign Organization (PPCO) has urged the National Assembly to override President Muhammadu Buhari’s refusal to sign the amendment of the Electoral Act.

President Buhari who has refused to sign the bill given to him by both the Senate and the House of Representatives for the fourth time, says he cannot sign the Electoral Bill into law at this time because the country was preparing for the 2019 general elections.


He says he can only assent to it after next year’s elections, adding that if done now, it would end up causing uncertainty and crisis in the country.

In a statement released on Friday, December 7, signed by the spokesman, Kola Ologbondiyan, states that President Buhari’s action was capable of injecting crisis into the electoral process and ultimately scuttle the conduct of the 2019 general elections. The statement reads:

"President Buhari’s repeated refusal to sign amendments passed 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.

The PPCO invites Nigerians to note that this is the fourth time President Buhari is withholding assent on the amendment, without any cogent reason following his rejection by Nigerians.

Nigerians can recall how the Buhari presidency plotted to plunge the 2019 elections into a needless controversy by delaying the submission of the election budget to the National Assembly, presenting it at the time the legislators were commencing their annual vacation and asking for virement of funds already approved for development projects, instead of sending a fresh supplementary budget for the election.

It is unfortunate that Mr President, in his desperation to hold on to power, has resorted to taking steps that are capable of destabilizing our nation, just because the people are resolute in voting him out of office democratically.

It is also instructive to note that President Buhari is mortally afraid of the amendments because they essentially checked the All Progressives Congress (APC) rigging plans, including the use of underage and alien voters, vote-buying, alteration of results and manipulation of voter register; for which the APC and the Buhari Presidency have been boasting of winning the 2019 elections.

While urging the National Assembly to save our democracy and forestall an imminent electoral crisis, the PPCO also charges all political parties, other critical stakeholders and Nigerians in general, to rise in the interest of our nation and demand the entrenching of rules and processes that will guarantee the conduct of free, fair and credible elections, as nothing short of that would be accepted."

Source: https://lifewithcuttons.com.ng/2018/12/08/pdps-response-to-president-buharis-refusal-to-sign-the-electoral-amendment-bill/

Is that the only bill PMB has refused to sign? Why are PDP only clamouring on the electoral bill when 10 other bills were also rejected . You sent a bill (electoral) 3 times, it was rejected due to some error in it, yet you guys at Senate did nothing to correct the error and you expect the presidency to sign the bill? No

A bill that works for you for good 16 years has suddenly became useless. PDP, make Una relax small .

Even if the house amends/adjusts the bill, it should take effect after 2019 election. We do not want a political crisis after the election where both party will be claiming the law is clear.