{"id":63085,"date":"2018-07-19T23:36:26","date_gmt":"2018-07-19T22:36:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/?p=63085"},"modified":"2018-07-19T23:36:26","modified_gmt":"2018-07-19T22:36:26","slug":"pdp-threatens-to-boycott-2019-elections-says-inec-is-compromised","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/exclusive\/pdp-threatens-to-boycott-2019-elections-says-inec-is-compromised\/","title":{"rendered":"PDP Threatens To Boycott 2019 Elections, Says INEC Is Compromised"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has said it is reconsidering<br \/>\nparticipating in the forthcoming 2019 general elections.<\/p>\n<p>The Chairman of the party, Uche Secondus, stated this\u00a0<span class=\"aBn\" tabindex=\"0\" data-term=\"goog_1894842848\"><span class=\"aQJ\">on Thursday<\/span><\/span>\u00a0when he<br \/>\nreceived a Joint International Election Observation Mission fielded by two<br \/>\nmain American international civil agencies, the National Democratic<br \/>\nInstitute, (NDI) and the International Republican Institute (IRI), at the<br \/>\nparty headquarters in Abuja<\/p>\n<p>Mr. Secondus disclosed that \u201cWe are yet to take the decision whether we<br \/>\nwill participate or not, we are no longer confident in INEC or in our own<br \/>\nsecurity.<\/p>\n<p>He claimed that the party contested against the Independent National<br \/>\nElectoral Commission (INEC) and the Security agencies, not the All<br \/>\nProgressives Congress, (APC).<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn Ekiti state governorship election last Saturday we did not contest<br \/>\nwith APC we contested with INEC and Security agencies,\u201d Secondus said.<\/p>\n<p>The PDP chairman described what happened in Ekiti State as not just<br \/>\nelectoral fraud but robbery in connivance with INEC and security agencies.<\/p>\n<p>He said that the party is consulting with its relevant organs in the<br \/>\nreview of Ekiti election to reconsider their position on 2019 general<br \/>\nelections.<\/p>\n<p>According to Secondus, a situation where bodies that should be neutral in<br \/>\na contest are brazenly helping to manipulate the process in favour of one<br \/>\nparty is antithetical to democracy and is a dangerous signal.<\/p>\n<p>He said that there were clear indications for all to see that the ruling<br \/>\nAPC is scheming to engineer more crisis in the land to enable them to<br \/>\nmanipulate the electoral process in their favour in connivance with<br \/>\nsecurity agencies.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFor us as an opposition party, we have lost confidence in INEC and<br \/>\nsecurity agencies\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The National Organizing Security NOS of the party Col Austin Akobundu who<br \/>\nalso briefed the visiting international agencies on Ekiti said the<br \/>\nelection involved various electoral frauds through intimidation and ballot<br \/>\nsnatching.<\/p>\n<p>Akobundu said that INEC fraud was so transparent that it produced<br \/>\nconflicting figures of the result and had to pull it down from their<br \/>\nwebsite.<\/p>\n<p>While, the leader of the delegation Dr Pauline .H.Bakaer, President<br \/>\nEmeritus, Fund for Peace United States said that they were on the visit to<br \/>\nshare ideas with the opposition party on their challenges ahead of the<br \/>\n2019 general elections.<\/p>\n<div class=\"yj6qo\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"adL\"><\/div>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Related Posts generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has said it is reconsidering participating in the forthcoming 2019 general elections. 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