Fani-Kayode: APC is laying the groundwork to discredit Jonathan's expected victory

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Presidential Campaign Organisation has

dismissed as mischievous and unfounded the allegation by the All

Progressives Congress (APC) that the Department of State Services (DSS) is

in cahoots with the PDP and planning to postpone the February 14, 2015

Presidential Election.
Director of Media and Publicity of the Campaign Organisation, Chief Femi

Fani-Kayode, said that the election would hold and predicted an emphatic

victory for President Goodluck Jonathan in the election.

Fani-Kayode described the APC charge as an attempt to discredit the

electoral process and wreak havoc when the opposition party loses as it

surely will.
He said in a statement in Abuja that, “it is interesting that the APC

never came out with these lies about plans to postpone the election until

its cloning and hacking activities were uncovered by the DSS.

“Rather than address the evidences presented by the DSS such as a video of

21 hacking tutorials, multiple registrations of individuals and underage

persons including babies and foreigners, possession of temporary and

permanent voter cards, the APC is raising postponement as a red herring,

hoping to distract Nigerians from its nefarious activities.

“Our Campaign Organisation categorically states that our candidate,

President Goodluck Jonathan, and the PDP-led Federal Government have no

intention, whatsoever, to interfere in the workings of the INEC and

therefore dissociates them from the plan, alleged by the APC, to postpone

the February 14, 2015 Presidential Election.
“Indeed, we are eagerly looking forward to that day so that the ghost of

the violence-prone APC with its criminal cloning and hacking attempts will

be laid to rest in a crushing electoral defeat.
“We believe Nigerians are now familiar with the diversionary tactics of

the APC. Before the Ekiti and Osun state gubernatorial elections, the same

APC made all manner of allegations against the PDP, the Independent

National Electoral Commission (INEC) and all the security agencies.

“When the elections held, Nigerians saw firsthand that none of the

allegations made by the APC was true. So shall it be with this new claim

of a purported postponement made by the APC.
“This unfounded and mischievous charge of election postponement is part of

the APC's nefarious and well-documented attempt to heat up the polity, lay

the groundwork to create disharmony among Nigerians, discredit the

forthcoming elections and wreck havoc once it loses the February 14, 2015

Presidential Election.
“We remind Nigerians that it was the Presidential Candidate of the APC,

Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd), who once told the world during a

BBC Hausa interview that, 'If what happened in 2011 should again happen in

2015, by the grace of God, the dog and the baboon would all be soaked in

blood.'
“Even though the elections have not yet held, Buhari's words of incitement

have already borne disastrous fruit as evidenced by the recent violence in

Jos, Plateau State, which was clearly spearheaded by his supporters.

“We condemn the violence and mischievous antics of the APC in its entirety

and call on Nigerians to reject the party of Janjaweed ideology at the

polls.
“We reiterate that the PDP remains committed to implementing its

manifestoes, touching the lives of Nigerians, transforming our nation and

bequeathing a legacy of development to future generation.”

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