PDP Alleges Plot To Alter Electoral Act

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has raised an alarm over an alleged plot by the Presidency and the All Progressives Congress (APC) to alter the Electoral Act to introduce clauses that will compromise the 2023 general elections.
PDP in a statement by its National Publicity Secretary, Debo Ologunagba on, Wednesday said, “ the APC, having realised that it is running out of time and cannot meet up with the already released electoral timetable now seeks to frustrate and derail the ongoing electoral process”.
The party said it gathered on good authority that the Presidency had perfected plan to use the APC leadership in the National Assembly to allegedly orchestrate an amendment to the Electoral Act to create an opening for the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to alter its already released 2023 election timetable and Schedule of activities to accommodate the APC.
“Our party has information about how the APC has been mounting pressure on INEC to push forward the already scheduled dates for the 2023 general elections.”
PDP decried the alleged plot by the APC to shift the goal post in the middle of the game and cautioned INEC to resist such a heinous design against democracy.
The party said, “The election timetable has already been released, political parties have commenced processes, Nigerians have since set their minds on the election dates to vote out the APC and there is no going back on that resolve”.
The opposition party cautioned the Presidency and the APC leadership in the National Assembly to note that any attempt to alter the timetable would ignite a serious political crisis in the country, stressing that Nigerians will firmly resist them.
It also directed all PDP members in the National Assembly to be vigilant and firmly resist the alleged plot, and urged the Civil Society, the media, Organized Labour and the International Community to stand against any attempt by the APC to derail the democratic process.
The party said it would not hesitate to call out millions of its members, teeming supporters of the Party and Nigerians at large should the APC continue in the alleged scheme.