Security agencies uncover plot by PDP, others to discredit poll

Although it has opted for legal action over last Saturday’s election, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has other plans, The Nation has learnt.

With some opposition leaders, the party seeks to discredit the presidential election by:

1. mobilising international and local groups to reject the results; and
2. encourage mass protests

A former president and some retired generals are believed to be backing the plot.

The destabilisation plot was hatched at a meeting on Tuesday night in Abuja, according to sources, who pleaded not to be named because of the “sensitivity” of the matter.

It was gathered that roles were assigned to various groups and leaders at the meeting.

A principal officer of the National Assembly is to “poach INEC” for vital documents.

The Nation has stumbled on some documents of the Action Plan.

One, titled:  “Re: Fresh plots by opposition”, coded and addressed to “The Principal” whose identity was not disclosed,  said the defeated presidential candidate of the PDP, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, might be “in the forefront of the process”.

The Nation, Thursday 28, February.

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