Election Postponement: NSA’s security crisis criminal and fraudulent, says Buhari

The presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress, Maj. Gen
Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), says the Independent National Electoral
Commission may have been compromised since it was forced to postpone
the February elections.
Buhari said in a statement on Sunday that INEC should not be blamed
for the poll shift as it was boxed into a corner.
He, therefore, urged his supporters to remain calm as the Peoples
Democratic Party would not succeed at the polls next month.
Buhari said it was suspicious that after the National Security
Adviser, Col. Sambo Dasuki (retd.), failed to make INEC postpone the
elections based on the inability of some Nigerians to get their
Permanent Voter Card, Dasuki then came up with the issue of security
at the last minute.
He said, "Following the decision by INEC to postpone the 2015 general
elections by six weeks, I wish to appeal for utmost restraint and calm
by all Nigerians, especially the teeming supporters of our great
party, the APC.
"This postponement, which comes on the heels of the bogey of the NSA
that half of the registered voters were being disenfranchised, was
exposed as a crude and fraudulent attempt to subvert the electoral
process.
"The PDP administration has now engineered a postponement using the
threat that security will not be guaranteed across the length and
breadth of Nigeria because of military engagement in some states in
the North-East.
"It is important to note that although INEC acted within its
constitutional powers, it is clear that it has been boxed into a
situation where it has had to bow to pressure. Thus, the independence
of INEC has been gravely compromised."
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The former head of state urged his supporters not to take the law into
their hands as this could compound the insecurity in the nation.
He, however, urged them to see the postponement as an opportunity to
strengthen their resolve for change.
Buhari added, "As a Nigerian and a presidential candidate in the
elections, I share in the disappointment and frustration of this
decision. This postponement, coming a week to the first election, has
raised so many questions, many of which shall be asked in the days
ahead. However, we must not allow ourselves to be tempted into taking
actions that could further endanger the democratic process.
"Our country is going through a difficult time in the hands of
terrorists. Any act of violence can only complicate the security
challenges in the country and provide further justification for those
who would want to exploit every situation to frustrate the democratic
process in the face of certain defeat at the polls.
"If anything, this postponement should strengthen our resolve and
commitment to rescue our country from the current economic and social
collapse from this desperate band. Our desire for change must surpass
their desperation to hold on to power at all cost."
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