Don’t Plunge Nigeria Into Crisis, Secondus Tells INEC Boss

The National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Prince Uche Secondus has called on the Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Prof Mahmood Yakubu, not to set the country on crisis because of inconclusive elections.
Secondus stated this, when he led the National Working Committee of PDP to pay the Rivers State governor a solidarity visit in Government House, Port Harcourt, last Wednesday.
The PDP boss said, “It has not happened before in the history of our country.
“Elections from the First Republic to the Second Republic and to the Third Republic were concluded almost immediately”.
He wondered why elections that have been concluded could not have their results collated at INEC headquarters in Rivers and Bauchi states.
Secondus urged the INEC boss to move ahead and conclude the elections in the two states immediately for peace to reign.
“We need peace in our country. We should put these elections behind us. Those who are aggrieved should go to tribunals and courts.
“You can’t stop elections midway. You can’t stop the process midway. You must bring it to an end before people could go to court.
“If not, the danger is that, enemies of democracy are ready to truncate this democracy”, he stated.
He equally called on the security agencies to do the needful to bring this ugly situation to an end.
The National Secretary of the party, Ibrahim Tsuari, noted that the NWC was in the state to identify with the governor, and expressed full confidence that Almighty God would see him through this trial moment.
“We can’t thank you enough because without you in PDP it would have been different. We are confident that you will be victorious.
“We call on INEC, security agencies and APC government to respect the law of the land”, he said.
In his response, Governor Nyesom Wike thanked the committee for the visit, stressing that the visit has given him more life.
Wike said that what happened in Rivers State has exposed the system, adding that as law a bidding people PDP in the state has continued to follow due process in the face of provocations.
Wike said: “We are sure that at the end of the day PDP shall get victory.
“It is a victory that has been delayed but can’t be denied”.
Wike revealed that some parties had gone to court to ask that the collation be stopped but that unfortunately, the court never granted their request.

Chris Oluoh