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Buhari may not handover in 2019 —PDP

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The national leadership of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has expressed fears that President Muhammadu Buhari may not handover power in 2019 if he losses next year’s presidential election.

The party expressed the fear in its reaction to Thursday’s governorship run-off election in Osun State.

The party, which rejected the outcome of the election, described yesterday as one of the worst days in the history of Nigeria, saying it was a black day for the country.

The National Chairman of the party, Prince Uche Secondus, who spoke after an emergency meeting of the party’s National Working Committee, NEC, lamented that Osun State was put under siege and the citizens’ right trampled upon by security agents, whom he said were backed by both the All Progressives Congress (APC)and the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) officials.

Speaking further on the election, Secondus said if what happened in Osun is a pointer to what will take place in 2019, then the future of Nigeria’s democracy “is bleak and the nation sliding into crisis.”

“What we have witnessed in Osun shows clearly that the All Progressives Congress is not ready for an election and we are afraid that President Muhammadu Buhari will not hand over if he loses the election next year.

“Today, we are all aware of the rerun election in Osun State as we address the press conference. We, the members of the National Working Committee, have reviewed what has happened from the distribution of materials to the actual voting in some of the units and wards.

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“We found that Osun is under siege. Therefore, today is a black day for Nigeria.

“We would think that it is a state or some units, but if you look at what has transpired so far from Ekiti to Osun State, Nigerians are groaning in pains especially the Osun people.

“The right of the citizens to be able to come out and vote had been trampled upon and the entire state and the wards and units have been seized by the security agencies who were acting on behalf of the APC to make sure the election is rigged by all means.

“We are sad that if this is what is going to take place in 2019, then the future of Nigeria’s democracy is bleak and we are sliding into crisis.”

Challenging INEC to rise above what happened in Osun and declare the PDP candidate as the winner of the election, Secondus called on the commission to immediately cancel the elections in all the units where security agencies seized the Permanent Voter Cards of PDP members and also where their members were prevented from voting.

 

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