2015 ELECTION:‘APC will win’

A former Commissioner of Information, Akwa Ibom State, Mr. Ita Awak,
has berated the Peoples Democratic Party for the postponement of the
2015 general elections.
Awak, who spoke with our correspondent in Uyo on Monday, added that
whatever strategy the PDP might adopt, the All Progressives Congress
would be victorious.
He stated that the rationale for postponing the election was not based
on security reports as alleged. He said it was based on reports by
International Election Monitors that said the APC presidential
candidate, Maj. Gen. Muhammadu Buhari (retd.) would have 70 per cent
of the votes while President Goodluck Jonathan would get only 30 per
cent.
He added that the PDP embarked on election postponement to enable it
to draw a scheme on how to compromise the electoral process.
Awak revealed that some youth groups in the state had started
canvassing for the elimination of the card readers, saying the
technology was not reliable.
"Election postponement is a big blow to democracy in Nigeria. By this
action, Nigerians even hate the PDP the more. The peaceful election
that would have been conducted, Jonathan has ruined it.
"We are sure of ourselves. We are the Nigerians' party; people are by
our sides. Whatever strategy the PDP deploys, the APC will prevail,"
he said.
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He added that the only remedy for Jonathan would be to conduct a free
and fair election. He noted that by postponing the election based on
whatever strategies, the ruling party would even lose more votes.
Meanwhile, the Civil Liberties Organisation, Akwa Ibom State chapter,
has condemned the postponement of the general elections by the
Independent National Electoral Commission.
The Chairman of the organisation, Mr. Clifford Thomas, said that the
only justifiable reason for postponing the election could be to enable
greater number of voters to participate.
"Assuming you have 45 million registered voters and only 12 million of
them vote, it does not legitimise the government; government must have
legitimacy, power and influence. All these equal to authority. People
must give the government legitimacy to function.
"You can't have less than 20 million Nigerians voting and expect to
have legitimacy," he said.
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