PDP, Presidency behind election postponement plot –APC

The All Progressives Congress (APC) has accused the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and the Presidency of orchestrating the ongoing campaign for election post­ponement, despite their serial denial and the phantom as­surances that they are ready for the polls.

“There is no clearer indica­tion that the PDP and the Presi­dency are the puppeteers behind the election shift campaign than Wednesday’s newspaper adver­torial plainly campaigning for the polls to be shifted,’’ the party said in a statement issued in La­gos yesterday by its National Publicity Secretary, Alhaji Lai Mohammed.
“This advert, which has the picture of President Goodluck Jonathan and the logo of the PDP – meaning they will be the sole beneficiaries of the postponement they are seeking leaves no one in doubt that the ruling party and the Presidency are pathologically dishonest, de­liberately deceptive and chroni­cally terrified about the elec­tions,’’ it said.
The APC said now that all pretences are off and the spon­sors of the election postpone­ment campaign have been un­veiled, Nigerians must reject them and their campaign.
The party added: “The cam­paign, which is hinged on the fact that many Nigerians have not collected their Permanent Voters Cards (PVC), is not sin­cere. If it is, the PDP and the Presidency would have instead been urging Nigerians to go all out and collect their PVCs so the election can hold. Why is this so impossible for them to do?
“Like we said earlier, what prevents the Federal Govern­ment from declaring a three-day public holidays to give Nige­rians the opportunity to collect their PVCs? Why is it that only the PDP and its sponsored groups and individuals are the ones leading the campaign for election postponment, even as our party, the APC, has been campaigning for Nigerians to go and collect their PVCs?”