Buba Galadima, a leader of the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP), has said that the All Progressives Congress (APC), which is now in power, intends to rig the Nigerian election scheduled for 2023.
Galadima claims that the APC is pressuring Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, head of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), to abandon both the plan for the electronic transmission of results in 2023 and the implementation of the Bimodal Voter Registration System (BVAS).
He said that the ruling party wants Yakubu to get permission from President Muhammadu Buhari to amend the 2022 Electoral Act by signing an amendment based on the parliamentarians’ decision and then writing the National Assembly to that effect.
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Anaedoonline.ng reports that the claim was made by Galadima on Thursday at an interview appearance with Channels Television.
He said; “INEC chairman is under extensive pressure to tamper with the Electoral Act because the ruling party wanted to table an issue before the National Assembly such that they will force the Chairman to write to National Assembly that it should not be compelling INEC to use the BVAS machine and this is the greatest disservice and an unpatriotic thing some elements in the ruling party are trying to put forward.
“They want to amend the Electoral Act, therefore, I want the President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, Gen. Muhammadu Buhari to take note of some bad elements that want to smear his image when he leaves office.”
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