The Presidency has denied claims by the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) that the All Progressives Congress (APC), the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) and some security forces are planning to rig the governorship election in Kogi State.
The national publicity secretary of the PDP, Chief Olisa Metuh in a statement yesterday accused the APC of holding clandestine meetings to rig the election.
However, in a statement from the Presidency yesterday, it said “the President called the meeting cited by the PDP to warn in particular, the INEC and the Police to do prepare and give the nation a credible election. He said he expected nothing short of a free, fair and credible election.”
The statement quoted the President Muhammadu Buhari has having “suffered election manipulation in 2003, 2007 and 2011 and will not like to have any Nigerian go through that again.”
He warned against the intimidation of voters in anyway and vowed that he was prepared to move with all the force available to him against anyone who undermines the rights of any citizen.
“The meeting was short and straight to the point. It ended after five minutes,” the statement explained.
The president also asked the VP if he had anything to say and Prof Yemi Osinbajo added nothing.
The statement noted that Nigerians should be wary of the PDP’s fruitless attempts to destroy national institutions President Buhari is determined to rebuild.
“They started with the courts, then the EFCC, then onto the Police and now they are on the one-week old INEC. When will PDP allow our national institutions to do their job?” the statement noted.
