Exposed: The untold SECRET plot behind election postponement.
Exposed: The untold SECRET plot behind election postponement.
The Peoples Democratic Party and the FG evil strategies are not only hoping to frustrate the election through State of Emergency alone; there plan is to ensure that in the event that this fails, the long period before the new election date would wear out the financial resources of the opposition, then, the PDP and President Jonathan will unleash ‘cash for vote’ on poor Nigerians, who may have been already famished, due to the unrest.
In achieving this, sources disclosed that, the proponents of election shift, working in cohorts with highly placed security advisers in the presidency have been engaged in subtle blackmail of the INEC chairman, Prof Attahiru Jega, citing the security situation, particularly in the north eastern part of the country and nationwide tension as reasons why the elections must not go on.
According to the source, security forces had categorically told Jega that they could not guarantee security for the conduct of the election at this time, saying he would be responsible for whatever outcome if he insists on going ahead.
It was further gathered that President Goodluck Jonathan had in a meeting with a visiting group, said he had no problem with the presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Gen Muhammadu Buhari, but expressed worry over four people around Buhari, namely Rivers State governor and director general of the Buhari Campaign Organisation, Mr. Chibuike Amaechi, former Bayelsa State governor, Timipre Sylva, Emir of Kano, Muhammadu Sanusi II and APC governorship candidate in Kaduna State, Nasir el-Rufai.
Following the advice of the National Council of State, INEC said the commission’s chairman, Jega, will today meet with chairmen and secretaries of all registered political parties, as well as Resident Electoral Commissioners (RECs) to decide whether or not the election should go on as scheduled.
Chief Press Secretary to the INEC chairman, Kayode Idowu, in a statement issued yesterday, said the decision reached at the meeting would be communicated to all Nigerians today.
“On Thursday, February 5, 2015, the chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Professor Attahiru Jega, was invited to brief the National Council of State (NCS) on the preparedness of INEC to conduct the 2015 general elections. He made a presentation titled “Preparations for the 2015 General Elections: Progress Report.’ The National Security Adviser (NSA) and Armed Services Chiefs also briefed the council on the current security situation.
“As a follow-up to that meeting, the commission has scheduled a consultative meeting with chairmen and secretaries of all registered political parties, as well as a meeting with the Resident Electoral Commissioners (RECs) on Saturday, February 7, 2015. Thereafter, the commission will address a press conference to brief the nation on its decision with regard to whether or not the general elections will hold as currently scheduled,” the statement read.
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