Less than 24 hours after the ruling Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) passed a vote of confidence on the chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Prof. Attahiru Jega, the party has asked the commission not to use Nigerians as guinea pig in the use of the Electronic Card Readers for the 2015 general elections.
The National Chairman of PDP, Alhaji Ahmadu Adamu Mu’azu disclosed this when he granted audience to the African Delegation to the general elections.
According to a statement signed by his Press Secretary, Tony Amadi, the PDP national chairman described the INEC chairman as a liar. "He is lying." The PDP chairman Thursday expressed confidence that the party has confidence in the ability of the commission led by Prof. Jega to conduct a transparent, free and fair election.
PDP strongly advised INEC to ensure that the card readers were test run before it is deployed for use at the March 28 and April 11 elections.
According to Muazu, " the use of Electronic Management Tool (EMT) to be used for the 2015 elections is welcome but we are not ready to be used as guinea pigs.
"INEC must ensure a successful test run before approving it for use in the elections", he said stressing that INEC management must get their sums right before introducing the measure.
Mu’azu spoke yesterday when a delegation of Africa Union election observers led by AU Commissioner for Political Affairs, Dr. Aisha Abdullahi called on him at his office at Wadata House in Wuse Zone 5.
Mu’azu told the delegation that “what is happening today in INEC has been highlighted to them via letters from our party to his office on so many issues including the fraud of PVC we anticipated, including the manipulation.
"We all said this in writing to INEC. It is because we are the ruling party, we don’t want to be unruly because if we were the opposition, we would make a lot of noise and say a lot of things.”
The Chairman furhter told the delegation if “in their own sense of judgment, how does Professor Jega who is the leader of INEC exonerate himself from disenfranchising 23 million Nigerians and telling the world that he is ready for elections and we are saying that he is not ready.
"23 million out of the 68 million registered voters by his personal submission in the Council of State that was held last week to review the preparedness or otherwise of INEC to conduct the election; 23 million PVCs were either produced and not distributed or not produced at all. This must be highlighted and made known to the world. Your report must be very explicit to explain what has happened. He is lying.
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