₦airaland Forum

Statement by the Congress for Progressive Change on the On-going Violence Caused by the Recent Electoral Fraud

1.  The Congress for Progressive Change (CPC) noted with concern the

ongoing violent reaction on the announced results from the collation exercise

currently in progress at Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC).



2.  While appreciating the inalienable right of Nigerians in a

democratic system to express their feelings in a protest against injustice, they

must never the less remain non-violent.



3.  The CPC abhors violence by all Nigerians in the course of

expressing grievances



4.  The CPC has throughout its campaign preached to its supporters to

eschew violence.  In the circumstance we therefore, call on all our supporters

to remain calm and non-violent and prepare themselves for the next round of

elections on Tuesday, April 26, 2011.



5.  All CPC supporters should come out enmasse on April 26 to vote

for the CPC and overthrow those responsible for the evident injustice to our

Party and the nation.



6.  We also condemn in the strongest term the brutality of the

security forces against unarmed protesters and innocent civilians and call on

them to show restraint in handling all situations of civil protest.



7.  We call on the federal government to investigate and determine

the role of the police and other security forces in the allege shooting of about

100 innocent Nigerians in Kaduna, Kano, Sokoto, Port Harcourt, Owerri and other

places.


Prince Tony Momoh

National Chairman

Jega: We've now put all the figures together and it's my pleasure to announce results.

ACN scored or got a total number of votes of 2,079,151
APC scored 51,682. 51,682
ANPP scored 917,012 votes. 917,012 votes.
APS scored 23,740. 23,740.
ARP scored 12,264. 12,264.
BMPP scored 47,272. 47,272.
CPC scored 12,214,853. 12,000, sorry 12,214,853
FRESH scored 34,331. 34,331.
HDP scored 12,023. 12,023.
LDPM scored 8,472. 8,472.
MPPP scored 16,492. 16,492.
NCP scored 26,376. 26,376.
NMDP scored 25,938. 25,938.
NTP scored 19,744. 19,744.
PDC scored 82,243. 82,243
PDP scored 22,495,187. 22,495,187.
PMP scored 56,248. 56,248.
PPP scored 54,203. 54, 203.
SDMP scored 11,544. 11,544.
UNPD scored 21,203. 21, 203.

The total valid votes are 38,209,978.  38,209,978.
Number of rejected votes is 1,259,506.  1,259,506.
Total votes cast.  Total votes cast is 39,469,484. 39, 69,484.

May I invite the party agents to please come and look at these figures and append their signatures appropriately.

“My Dear Countrymen and Women,

I have received with great sadness the news of sporadic unrest in some parts of the country which are not unconnected with last Saturday’s elections.

I appeal to those involved to stop this unnecessary and avoidable conduct, more so at this point in time when a lot of sacrifice has been made by all the citizens of this great country in ensuring the conduct of free and fair elections.

All of us are further encouraged by the comments of the independent election monitors and observers both domestic and international on how transparent and credible the elections have been so far.

Therefore, it is with the deepest sense of responsibility that I call on all our political leaders especially the contestants to appeal to their supporters to stop further violence in the interest of stability, peace and well being of this great country.

We must not allow for the loss of any life and as I have always said, no one’s political ambition is worth the blood of any Nigerian.

Please remain calm, law abiding and patriotic at this very crucial moment of our history.

Thank you and God Bless Nigeria!

jumobi1:
Be realistic guys. It's a slow process. All these politicians have dirty hands. Fighting corruption is a slow process. Unless GEJ feels like dying

Gbenge 77:
BUHARI alleges plane-loads of ballot papers are being thumb printed in the homes of some politicians(AIT)

efisher:
Anybody who values freedom of speech and expression, such as the one you enjoy on nairaland, will NOT support Buhari. Buhari has always been a human rights violator amd an enemy of the press. Seun is only fighting for us nairalanders. Allow him do his bit.

P.M.NEWS gathered that earlier deliberations by the parties at the meeting had concluded that the party which performed best during the National Assembly elections will produce the presidential candidate while the other will then tell its supporters to vote for the consensus candidate.

In this case, ACN which had more National Assembly members than Buhari’s CPC was expected to produce the consensus candidate but representatives of Buhari reportedly backpedaled, insisting that the retired general should be the consensus candidate because he still has broad support in the North despite his party’s dismal performance during the National Assembly elections last Saturday.

The ACN representatives, it was learnt, were unhappy with the turn of events and decided that the parties should test their strength on the political turf.