Politics
Nigerians are yearning for change, a return to PDP— Saraki
Senate President Bukola Saraki has said that Nigerians are yearning for change, a return to governance under the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).
Saraki, who is the chairman of the PDP’s 85-member campaign committee for the Osun State governorship election, made this statement during the inauguration of the committee on Monday.
Saraki said aside the popularity of the PDP candidate in Osun State, Senator Ademola Adeleke, the people were yearning for change, to return their state to the PDP.
He charged Buhari to uphold the commitment he made recently to British Prime Minister Theresa May and German Chancellor Angela Merkel who visited the country.
Buhari had said he would conduct a free, fair and credible election.
Speaking earlier while inaugurating the committee, Uche Secondus, national chairman of the PDP, said the APC has made itself a safe haven for corrupt persons.
The PDP leader said the worst form of corruption is rigging of election and buying of votes “which the APC is perpetuating in our polity”.
He said in Osun, the PDP would not tolerate the “charade” that happened during the July governorship election in Ekiti State.
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“Enough is enough, PDP will not tolerate Osun being rigged like Ekiti, we have a popular candidate and the performance of the APC ruling government has been awful with months of salaries owned to workers,” he said.
“We are aware that the electoral commission that is supposed to operate as an unbiased umpire in the conduct of elections has suddenly made itself a parastatal of the federal government, conniving with APC and security agencies to exchange results.
“Even security agencies whose allegiance should be to the constitution and people of Nigeria have allowed itself to behave as if they are operatives of the ruling APC.
“We decided to set up this high-powered committee to demonstrate the importance we attach to this election, all our Presidential aspirants and some state governors are members plus all other critical stakeholders from south-west and other parts of the country.”
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