2023: PDP, Labour, Others Accuse APC Of Plots To Stop BIOVAS, Electronic Transmission Of Results

A group of opposition parties in Nigeria have alleged a plot allegedly masterminded by some political office holders in the All Progressives Congress, APC to sabotage the 2023 General Election by aiming to stop the through aborting the use of electronic transmission of results and the BIOVAS machine.

Besides, the political parties including Labour, the PDP, ADC, AA also on Wednesday alleged a plot to instigate a crisis of confidence that will cause the removal of Prof Mahmud Yakubu as chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC.

The political parties represented by their chairmen made the assertions at a press briefing in Abuja.

According to the opposition parties, APC Governors led by a South East APC Governor with a controversial past and another from the North West are working together to perfect a plot to intimidate INEC leadership into abandoning the use of electronic transmission and uploading of election results to the INEC server.

According to the parties, top APC leaders are planning to deactivate the BIVAS machine from the INEC server and create a crisis of confidence based on fabricated charges, which will lead to the removal of top Commission officials, including INEC Chairman Prof. Mahmood and other National Commissioners who are insisting on the use of the BIVAS for the 2023 election and the irreversible use of electronic transmission of the results.

“This latest intelligence and shocking information involve the use of security agencies, the APC-controlled Senate, and the court to cause a leadership crisis and change that will result in the removal of the Commission’s top leadership led by Prof Mahmud Yakubu and the appointment of a pushover and compromised acting Chairman who will ruin the credibility of the 2023 election by deactivating the BVAS machine from the INEC server, stopping the use of electronic transmission of results, and stopping the use of electronic transmission of results.

“We, the Chairmen and leaders of different political parties here (AA, LABOUR, PDP, ADC, APP ETC),  candidates of different parties, CSOS, and leaders of Opposition Coalition CUPP categorically state that any plan to destabilize INEC and force the top officials of the Commission including the INEC Chairman out of office, whether with trumped-up charges, manipulated security report, instigated or coordinated parliamentary investigation, a hurriedly obtained injunction from the court, a Code of Conduct Bureau inquiry or an arrest and hurried arraignment will not be accepted. We repeat, these will not be accepted by Nigerian political parties, party leaders, civil societies, and the generality of Nigerians.

“Any further actions in this direction will be playing with fire and a direct affront and challenge to Nigerian voters and the entire political parties, and it will be resisted vehemently. 

“Read the mind, eyes, soul, and heart and hear the voice of the opposition. It will not augur well for anyone who continues with this alleged evil plot. 

“We have been tipped off by our intelligence both inside APC and the camp of the Governors in the conspiracy, and we can state that the opposition is in receipt of information that the INEC leadership, especially senior officials, are being put under immense pressure to abandon the use of the BVAS machine, result transmission and in particular to deactivate the BIVAS from the server, an alleged dangerous request which if ever granted under any circumstances can throw Nigeria into pre and post-election crisis and will be unacceptable to Nigerian voters, especially the youths who have renewed confidence in the electoral process. 

“We are also informed that there is a plot to cause a leadership change in the Commission’s top hierarchy and cause a sweeping change with less than 140 days to the elections. The alleged plan to remove Prof. Mahmud Yakubu and top officials of INEC is a no-go area. The political parties in the county will not accept it.

“This alleged plot has been coordinated by some APC chieftains and Governors led by a controversial South East APC Governor. If this plot is not crushed, it can discredit our election and throw Nigeria into crisis. Our institution can’t be destroyed for one man’s quest or a group of people to keep what was hijacked from the people.” 

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