APC reveals PDP’s INEC connection to rig 2019 elections

The All Progressives Congress (APC) on Sunday alleged that the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has employed the services of a former chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to rig the 2019 presidential election for them.

Deputy National Publicity Secretary of the APC, Yekini Nabena, who made the allegation when he spoke with newsmen in Abuja, said the move was the opposition party’s last-minute strategy to win the 2019 election at all costs.

Nabena claimed that the supposed former INEC boss hired by the PDP plans to use INEC officials still loyal to him and under his payroll to rig next month’s presidential election.

“Following the exposure of the PDP’s initial plot to use Russian hackers to compromise INEC servers, the PDP has now hired a former INEC Chairman as an election consultant. This INEC Chairman was notorious for rigging elections for the PDP over the years.

“The plan is to use INEC officials who remain loyal to the former INEC Chairman and under his payroll to compromise the system from within.”

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While he challenged the PDP and its presidential candidate, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, to refute the claims, Nabena called on relevant authorities to investigate the veracity of his allegation.

The two major political parties in Nigeria, APC and the PDP, have as the presidential Election Day approaches, been engaged in accusation and counter accusation on how each party is plotting to rig the February 16 poll.

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