Garba Shehu, media aide to President Muhammadu Buhari, says the president will neither interfere with the supplementary polls in five states nor ask the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to change results in favour of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC).

In a statement on Sunday, Shehu said some APC leaders expected Buhari to abuse his office by usurping the powers of INEC to turn the tables in their favour.
He said INEC is fully in charge of electoral matters in the country, advising party leaders in the affected states to work hard to earn the votes of the people.

The aide sated that some members of the ruling party are unhappy with Buhari over the stance but the president would do only what is acceptable by the law.
“The presidency also rejects unfair and ridiculous criticisms of President Muhammadu Buhari’s apparent disinterest in the upcoming elections in some states by party members who wrongfully assume that the President will abuse his power by changing results to favour them” he said.

“Past presidents of Nigeria were known to interfere in inconclusive elections, and that is why party members appear to be upset that the same thing is not happening now.
“President Buhari is a different kind of leader. He swore to defend the Constitution and he will not veer off from that.

“The Constitution of Nigeria gives the president no such powers. It is unfair and ridiculous to criticise President Buhari for not going against the Constitution.

“Party members in states where there will be supplementary elections then need to be reminded that they need to work hard to earn their people’s votes, rather than expect President Buhari to manipulate INEC in their favour.”

He said while APC members were expecting Buhari to interfere, the opposition too had concluded that the president would use INEC to assist his party to victory.

Shehu said Buhari would not play to the wishes of anyone in the supplementary elections, insisting that the APC must work hard to earn votes.

“Interestingly, while members of the ruling APC party were criticising the president for not interfering on their behalf, members of the opposition were condemning the president based on their assumptions that he would definitely interfere, as many in the opposition did while in power,” he said.
“Under President Buhari, INEC had been and will be completely independent throughout the elections, free from any interference.
“President Buhari is a man of conviction, and the manipulation of election results goes against everything he stands for. INEC is completely in charge.”

INEC had set March 23 for supplementary elections in five states – Benue, Kano, Adamawa, Sokoto and Plateau – after declaring the gubernatorial polls inconclusive.

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Posted: at 18-03-2019 08:23 AM (5 years ago) | Hero

Riggers are leaders

Posted: at 18-03-2019 10:25 AM (5 years ago) | Addicted Hero

[Change to another level, This is an open confession that the APC rigged the presidential and States elections.]

Change to another level, This is an open confession that the APC rigged the presidential and States elections.

Posted: at 18-03-2019 11:03 AM (5 years ago) | Gistmaniac

Story.. Buhari wey be d boss for rigging matter

Posted: at 18-03-2019 11:24 AM (5 years ago) | Gistmaniac

Story for the gods yeye apc leaders and their fake pretence story.

Posted: at 18-03-2019 12:11 PM (5 years ago) | Gistmaniac

Trying to convince us of his integrity abi?,na fools dey fall for una.

Posted: at 18-03-2019 12:23 PM (5 years ago) | Addicted Hero

Fools

Posted: at 18-03-2019 01:09 PM (5 years ago) | Hero

Weldone boss

Posted: at 18-03-2019 02:36 PM (5 years ago) | Gistmaniac

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