The African Democratic Congress Presidential Campaign Council (ADC-PCC) has alleged that stress is being mounted on the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to shift the January 16, 2027, presidential election, warning President Bola Tinubu in opposition to utilizing the Ebola outbreak as a pretext to delay the ballot.
In an announcement titled “Tinubu Must Face Nigerians at the Ballot Box, Not Hide Behind Ebola”, signed by Phrank Shaibu, Director of Strategic Communication of the ADC Presidential Campaign Council, the council stated experiences of stress on INEC to shift the election, simply 80 days away, couldn’t be dismissed.
“If President Tinubu believes Nigerians want another four years of his government, he should face them at the ballot box, not seek more time through the back door,” the assertion stated.
The council claimed it had obtained data that the INEC chairman was to be summoned to the Presidential Villa and instructed to shift the election.
“We are raising the alarm before that meeting takes place. President Tinubu must abandon any such attempt. Professor Joash Amupitan must refuse any instruction to change the timetable and immediately make any such approach public. The election date belongs to Nigerians. It must not be rewritten behind closed doors at the Villa,” it stated.
The ADC-PCC stated Nigerians had endured three and a half years of hovering costs, shrinking incomes and relentless hardship and had the precise to evaluate the federal government on the poll field on January 16.
“A government that has made life this difficult for Nigerians must not be allowed to postpone its day of judgment,” the council stated.
It described Ebola as a critical public well being concern, saying well being professionals should be free to comprise the outbreak and that INEC should take all crucial steps to guard voters and election staff.
The council famous that the Director-General of the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) had stated there was at present no cause to postpone the election, including that the place should not be twisted right into a political excuse for delay.
“The council places INEC, home observers and worldwide election screens on discover: any proposal to alter the timetable should be made overtly, supported by printed well being proof and subjected to public scrutiny.
The Presidency should not use a well being emergency to flee an electoral verdict,” the assertion added.
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