Group warns against shifting elections

National coordinator of the group, Mr. Adeola Soetan also berated the National Security Adviser (NSA), Sambo Dasuki, for suggesting that the elections be shifted saying Dasuki  is acting in the interest of some politicians who are bent on endangering the nation’s democracy for reasons best known them.The group called for the NSA’s immediate removal from […]

National coordinator of the group, Mr. Adeola Soetan also berated the National Security Adviser (NSA), Sambo Dasuki, for suggesting that the elections be shifted saying Dasuki  is acting in the interest of some politicians who are bent on endangering the nation’s democracy for reasons best known them.
The group called for the NSA’s immediate removal from office saying it wondered why Dasuki should be ‘crying more than the bereaved’ where INEC has stated in clear terms that the date of the election remained unchanged.
“The anti-democratic forces wanted to capitalise on the public outcry that greeted INEC distribution of PVCs. Also worrisome is the fact that the leading voices of this ‘election postponement orchestra’ are some known friends and supporters of President Goodluck Jonathan who himself is a candidate in the election. We are worried; why are they afraid of this election?
“The recent unintelligent outburst of  Col. Dasuki (rtd,) calling for the election postponement lends credence to the suspicion that there might be an underground plan to instigate a situation not conducive for the conduct  of elections in Nigeria so as to justify postponement.
“Since INEC has reiterated its commitment to February 14 and 28, Dasuki and members of his postponement orchestra are just busy-bodies that should be watched and warned not to truncate our hard won civil rule,” the group said.  
The group equally called on prospective voters who have not collected their PVC’s to do so saying “this is part of sacrifice we must make to entrench democracy and good governance in Nigeria.”