A group, the Buhari Vanguard has raised alarm over what it described as a fresh plot by the ruling Peoples Democratic Party,PDP to scuttle the rescheduled 2015 elections.
Jasper Azuatalam ,chairman, Buhari Vanguard said in a statement “We have received confirmed and verified reports pointing to the fact that the Peoples Democratic Party PDP may have made up its mind to scuttle the general elections rescheduled to hold on March 28 and April 14, 2015.
The statement recalled “that the General elections were earlier scheduled to hold on the 14th of February and 28 of February, 2015, but were rescheduled to now hold on the 28 of march and 11th of April, 2015 as a result of what was generally viewed as an ambush against the Independent National Electoral Commission INEC by the National Security Adviser and other security chiefs working under President Goodluck Jonathan.
“We believe that the elections were postponed after the Presidential candidate of the People Democratic Party, Goodluck Jonathan failed woefully to the Presidential Candidate of the All Progressives Congress, Gen Muhammadu Buhari in all the online polls conducted by National Television houses and other independent organizations, including the one organized by the PDP itself. At that period, President Goodluck Jonathan and the PDP had no option but to buy more time to attempt to revive its electoral fortune.
He said further “Now that the first attempt to postpone the elections succeeded, the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP and President Goodluck Jonathan adopted a “random Sampling call” to Nigerians in areas where they hope to win the 2015 presidential election. They employed about 500 young people with an NGO called Soitress under Forward Nigeria” at the office of the daughters of Abraham Foundation, along Kado Mabuchi express way FCT to execute the job. The FCT center is in charge of the North central states. They collect the thumb print of the employees two times every day.
Buhari Vanguard said “We have received verifiable and confirmed information that over 70% of those called by the organization in Nasarawa, Benue, Kwara, and Kogi insisted that they will vote for the candidate of the All Progressives Congress, Gen Muhammadu Buhari amidst the persuasions by the callers to vote for the nominee of the Peoples Democratic Party, Goodluck Jonathan.
“The result of this “Random Sampling Calls” has again triggered the fear of an imminent defeat in the camp of the PDP leading to strong suggestions by the PDP think-thank that the 2015 general elections should not be allowed to hold, since this is the only way to stop Gen Muhammadu Buhari from being the president of the federal republic of Nigeria come May 29, 2015.
“We fear because, if the witch cried in the night and the baby died in the morning, another cry of the witch the following night will leave the mother in a sleepless night. At this point when there is no more room in the constitution to postpone the election, we fear that any attempt to reschedule the 2015 election will lead to the collapse of our nascent democracy.
