INEC has secret plans to rig election for APC -- FFK

The Director of Media and Publicity for the PDP Presidential Campaign Organization, Femi Fani-Kayode, has accused the Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Prof Attahiru Jega, of planning to aid the All Progressives Congress (APC) to rig the 2015 general elections.

Addressing journalists in Abuja on Wednesday, the former Aviation Minister alleged that the electoral body has unfair in the distribution of Permanent Voters Cards by deliberately favouring parts of the country perceived to be pro-Buhari to the detriment of other regions.

He raised questions as to why the distribution rate in states with large numbers of Internally Displaced Persons was higher than that of other sates. Fani-Kayode noted that these are very serious allegations and the INEC boss must answer to them in order to prove his credibility.

Fani-Kayode also accused Professor Jega of holding secret meetings with some unnamed leaders of the All Progressives Congress in Dubai where they planned to deny many registered voters their Permanent Voter Cards. He alleged that the PVCs were yet to be imported to Nigeria from China.

“Pieces of information at our disposal have shown that Jega has had meetings with APC stalwarts in Dubai and other cities in the world to perfect this wanton conspiracy against 23 million eligible voters. Besides, we have information that the PVCs that Nigerians are scrambling for are not in Nigeria and will not arrive before the elections.

“These PVCs are still in China and Jega has strategically delayed their arrival to suit his electioneering permutations.”

He asked the INEC Chairman to provide proof that the Chinese company printing the PVCs had been paid in full by disclosing the total contract sum and the amount paid to date. The PDP spokesperson also requested Jega to explain how he could have distributed 23 million PVCs within five days to election if there hadn’t been postponement.

Fani-Kayode faulted the electoral umpire for claiming that the election was shifted for security reasons. “The matter is that INEC has failed in its responsibility to produce and distribute PVCs to about 34 percent of registered voters who would require the cards to vote in the elections.

“This brings us to the issue of statistics of PVC distribution and collection, which we believe Jega, as a person, acting in concert with some forces of retrogression, is playing games with.

“We express our concerns today that Jega may have decided to aid the APC to rig the forthcoming elections through the manipulation of the production, distribution and collection of PVCs such that emerging trends have consistently shown calculated attempts to deprive parts of the country that would traditionally vote for President Jonathan of their PVCs.

“Whereas, the parts of the country that would traditionally vote for the APC presidential candidate, General Muhammadu Buhari, are already armed with their PVCs.” He accused INEC of having a “grand conspiratorial alliance with the APC to fraudulently secure victory in the elections.”