by Damilola Jagun
Opposition party, All Progressives Congress (APC) says President Goodluck Jonathan’s promise that “the May 29, 2015 handover date is sacrosanct”, remains doubtful.
The party warned against postponing the general elections on the basis of insurgency in the North-West geo-political zone to avoid giving victory to insurgents, while also expressing its readiness for the elections.
While briefing journalists in Lagos on Monday, January 26, the party’s National Publicity Secretary, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, said the APC would not accept any postponement.
He said: “APC is ready for the elections and under no circumstance will we accept a postponement. For us, February 14 and 28 are as sacrosanct as May 29, the handover date. The government has had four years to prepare and the dates for the elections were announced over a year ago. Therefore, there is no going back now.”
“We note that the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has also said it is ready for the polls. That is good news. Let them now end their clandestine push for either postponement or the formation of an interim government, stop engaging in scare and scandal mongering and dwell on issues, ahead of the polls.”
“We are satisfied with the assurances by Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, that it is ready for the polls, and we call on the Jonathan administration to give the electoral body all the support and resources it requires to organise successful elections,” Lai Mohammed added.
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