Nigeria's opposition All Progressives Congress (APC), today raised the alarm that the ruling Peoples Democratic Party's (PDP) stiff opposition to the use of Card Readers during the 2015 general elections
has shown what it termed the, "Accuracy
of the APC’s accusations that the ruling party plans to either prevent the election from holding or to rig it."
According to a statement in Lagos, signed by its National Publicity Secretary, Lai Mohammed, "The party described as very curious the fact that the PDP that rushed to the press to deny the APC’s claims, quickly turned around to confirm them."
"At the press conference we addressed on Wednesday, which rattled the PDP and the President Goodluck Jonathan Administration so much, we listed the conditionalities of the PDP/Jonathan Administration for holding the election: ‘No PVC, No Card Reader, No Jega’ and the fact that the party wants the military deployed to harass and intimidate voters.
"We mentioned ‘Card Readers’ at least three times during the press conference, and said they (PDP/Jonathan Administration) are doing everything possible to sabotage the machine and prevent its use.
"Both the spokesmen for the PDP and the Jonathan Campaign Organisation rushed to the press to deny any such ‘reprehensible’ plan. But a few hours later, the spokesman for the campaign organisation told an incredulous country that they would oppose the use of Card Reader, apparently after the spokesmen were overruled by their party.
"Obviously, these men are outsiders in their own party and it is now obvious that the opposition knows more about the inner workings of their party than they do.
"In an apparently-choreographed show, some 15 portfolio political parties called a press conference to also announce that they will oppose the use of the Card Reader, vowing to boycott the elections and use a legal process to prevent the use of the machine."
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