The People’s Democratic Party (PDP) has called on the Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Mahmood Yakubu and the Inspector General of Police, Ibrahim Idris to resign their positions ahead of the 2019 General Elections.
The party accused the two public officials of partisanship in favour of the governing All Progressives Congress (APC).
PDP National Chairman, Uche Secondus, made the party’s positions known on Thursday while giving his opening remarks at the National Executive Committee (NEC) meeting of the party in Abuja.
This is the first NEC of the party after last month’s Elective National Convention in Port Harcourt.
“We have never seen this kind of partisanship by the police and INEC in the history of this country,” the National Chairman said.
Secondus also warned of dire consequences if the governing party rigs the forthcoming General Election.
“If you rig election, you are going to cause crisis in this country and we will not accept the result of rigging,” he cautioned.
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Senate President Bukola Saraki, Deputy Senate President Ike Ekweremadu, PDP Presidential candidate Atiku Abubakar, serving and former PDP National Assembly members, governors among others are at the meeting.
The meeting is expected to approve the full composition of the PDP national campaign council and also vet its budget for the 2019 campaigns.
Meanwhile the Presidential candidate of the PDP in the 2019 General Election, Atiku Abubakar has called on President Muhammadu Buhari to immediately sign the fourth version of the Electoral Act (Amendment) Bill currently before him.
Atiku who threw his weight behind the call for the resignation of the Inspector General of Police, Ibrahim Idris, also challenged President Buhari to a debate ahead of the election.
The former Vice President stated this on Thursday in Abuja at the inauguration of the PDP Presidential Campaign Council.
It would be recalled that the National Assembly had transmitted the fourth version of the amended Electoral Act to President Buhari on November 7, 2018. Less than three months to the 2019 election, political analysts have expressed concern over the inability of the country to have the Electoral Act signed into law.
He had earlier rejected three versions of the bill passed by both legislative chambers this year.
OWEDE AGBAJILEKE, Abuja
