The All Progressives Congress Presidential Campaign
Organisation (APCPCO) has alerted of plot by Governor
Isa Yuguda of Bauchi State to cause for the cancellation
of Saturday's election and to provoke a state of emergency in
the state.
A press statement from the Directorate of Media and Publicity
of the APCPCO noted that intelligence report at its disposal
indicates that the Bauchi State governor is in the process of
manufacturing crises across the state so as to give an
impression that elections across the state which put the APC
in clear lead in all layers of election was inconclusive and
therefore call for an outright cancellation of all the elections
held on Saturday in Bauchi State.
“We have it on good authority that Governor Yuguda is
planning to engineer violence across Bauchi State in order for
him to provoke a state of emergency so that elections across
the state which put the APC in strong lead in the state would
be seen to have been marred by violence.
“We make bold to state that this plot by the Bauchi State
governor to write off the electoral wishes of the people is
anti-democratic, pernicious, subversive and absolutely
unacceptable.
“In the light of this development we call on the Independent
National Electoral Commission (INEC) not to be railroaded by
the Governor Yuguda and all other anti-democratic forces into
taken actions that may jeopardise the tranquillity we have so
far enjoyed in the course of this election.
"We, however, call on the teeming supporters of the APC
presidential candidate, General Muhammadu Buhari in Bauchi
State and across the country to be abreast of this
development and never fall for the demonic plot to write off
their franchise as clearly expressed in the Saturday, March 28
Presidential and National Assembly Election. We urge them to
be resolute, vigilant, peaceful and law abiding,” the statement
signed by Mallam Garba Shehu in Daura, Katsina State on
Sunday, March 29 stated.
Signed:
Garba Shehu
Directorate of Media and Publicity
APC Presidential Campaign Organisation
Daura
Katsina