Thirty presidential candidates in
the February 16 election, has expressed disaffection with a former President,
Olusegun Obasanjo, for attacking the integrity of INEC to conduct credible
elections in 2019.
The presidential candidates, who
spoke under the banner of The Patriotic Presidential Forum (PPF), said they
believe in the sincerity, credibility and capacity of INEC to conduct all
elections, including the presidential polls of 16th February 2019.
The PPF chairman and presidential
candidate of Freedom and Justice Party (FJP), Dr. Onwubuya John Breakforth,
spoke on behalf of the forum at a press conference yesterday in Abuja.
He urged all Nigerians, other
presidential candidates, political party leaders, political elites and all the
candidates and voters to have faith in INEC’s integrity to conduct all the
elections.
He wondered why leaders, who
supposed to be bridge builders, have chosen to overheat the polity.
He added that they should
remember that if the election turns violence, they will be the first to run out
of the country and leave the masses to suffer.
His words: “We appeal to the
former president and other opposition parties to count INEC out of any alleged
APC rigging machinery.
“They should note that every
political party contesting must have their legitimate plans to win. If APC is
planning to rig, we believe INEC is not aware.
“INEC should put her machinery in
motion to check out all this allegations. Our believe in INEC as a commission
is not negotiable; the chairman of INEC is a Professor of repute and all the
commissioners are Nigerians of proven integrity, we can trust them
wholeheartedly.
“Therefore they will carry out
their duties with competence and unbending neutrality. We are aware that INEC
has perfected all her plans to deploy workable Card Readers and adequate
distribution of all sensitive materials to the respectively states, LGA’s,
Wards and polling units on time and uncompromised,” Breakforth said.
He insisted that the PPF is not
speaking for INEC but that as a major stakeholder in the process, they are
concerned about having uninterrupted electoral process.
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