The PDP Presidential Campaign Organization (PPCO) has rejected the planned nationwide military ‘Operation Python Dance’.
Specifically, the opposition campaign organisation accused President Muhammadu Buhari of plotting to use the military operation to rig the forthcoming 2019 general elections.
A statement on Saturday by Kola Ologbondiyan, Director, Media & Publicity
PDP Presidential Campaign Organization, wondered why the Federation Government would approve such an operation without recourse to the National Assembly.
According to the statement: “This plot is in consonant with the desperation of the Buhari Presidency to foist a siege mentality on the nation ahead of the 2019 general elections, harass voters and create a sense of escalated insecurity, so as to stalemate the electoral process, once it becomes clearer that the All Progressives Congress (APC) was losing.
“Our investigation shows that part of the plot is to use the military operation as a subterfuge to unleash heavy security presence to intimidate, harass and instil fear in voters in PDP strongholds across the country and pave the way for the allocation of fictitious votes to President Buhari and the APC.
“Further investigation reveals that agents of the Buhari Presidency are working in cahoot with some compromised top officials of the Prof. Mahmood Yakubu-led Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to use soldiers to provide cover for diversion of electoral materials, as well as aid APC agents in their quest to unleash violence and disrupt the electoral process in areas where the PDP is winning.
“In spanning the military operation to February 28, 2019, the Buhari Presidency betrayed its anticipation of public rejection or violence, which can only come when a result that does not reflect the actual wish of the people is announced”.
Accusing the Presidency of overheating the polity with high handedness, clamp down on opposition and desperation to rig the polls, the party said President Buhari is the only threat to peaceful election.
OWEDE AGBAJILEKE, Abuja
