New plots by PDP to postpone elections alleged by APC senators

Some APC senators have drawn the attention of the National Assembly to a fresh plot they suspect the People's Democratic Party is having, the senators, through their leader, Senator George Akume said, the PDP wants to use the card readers as an excuse to further shift the elections scheduled for March 28 and April 11 forward.

Senator George Akume said, “Elections must be held as rescheduled, it is important that the Independent National Electoral Commission must do this in order to avoid unpleasant consequences.
“Nigeria is a huge and complex society, culturally, structurally, and all hands must be on the deck to avoid the Somalia experience. There would be too many warlords in this country should we fail to do what is right.

“Nigerians deserve the best. Card readers will add value to the conduct of the elections; we are talking about free and fair elections. Time has passed when people carry ballot boxes and papers to their respective rooms, thumb-print and bring them for counting the following day.
“The whole world is watching this country. We have become a laughing stock, we are becoming a banana republic.
“We are even more patriotic than those who are in government. We want elections and card readers must be applied, they must be used, otherwise, the elections can never be free and fair.
“If a country like Ghana can get it right, using the card reader, why can’t the giant of Africa do it? If Sierra Leone can do it, even Liberia, why can’t Nigeria do it? We are waiting for INEC to do it, INEC must use it.
“Card readers are a must to ensure free, credible and acceptable elections. To do otherwise, won’t be acceptable.”


The All Progressive Congress senators also said the earlier postponement with excuse of security operatives was just a flimsy excuse and that there shouldn't be any other excuse  why the elections should not hold on March 28 and April 11.