The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) says the new electoral
act will ensure credible and transparent elections in the country.
President Muhammadu Buhari signed the bill on Friday at a
ceremony held at the federal executive council (FEC) chamber in the presidential
villa in Abuja.
According to a statement issued on Friday, Debo Ologunagba,
PDP spokesperson, said the electoral act is a “death knell” for the All
Progressives Congress (APC) “which thrives in manipulations” against the
people’s expressed will.
“It is clear that President Buhari and the deflated APC had
come to their wit’s end and bowed to the sustained pressure by the PDP and
Nigerians for the entrenchment of processes that can guarantee free, fair,
transparent and credible elections in 2023,” the statement reads.
“The newly signed
Electoral Act is a death knell for the All Progressives Congress (APC) which
thrives in manipulations, ballot box snatching, ballot-box stuffing and
alteration of election results at the collation centres against the expressed
Will of the people.
“The victory by Nigerians in resisting the APC and
compelling President Buhari to sign the new Electoral Act clearly signposts the
inevitable triumph of the Will and aspiration of the people to kick out the APC
through a process that ensures that votes cast at the polling units count.
“The PDP calls on Nigerians not to rest on their oars but to
further strengthen their resolve by rallying themselves to take charge of their
polling units and ensure that their votes are transparently counted and
transmitted in the 2023 general elections.
“Nigerians must note
that the APC in its desperation will not give up easily but attempt to devise
other means to frustrate credible elections in the country.
“Our Party, therefore, charges Nigerians and the Independent
National Electoral Commission (INEC) to be at alert and resist all shenanigans
of the APC ahead of the 2023 elections.”
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