The vice presidential candidate of the All Progressives
Congress, Prof Yemi Osinbajo (SAN), on Friday evening in
Abuja said his party would only accept the outcome of the
March 28 presidential election, provided the election is free,
fair and credible.
According to him, the party is not bothered by the threats by
15 political parties to pull out of the election over the use of
card readers.
He spoke with journalists after being a guest at the Catholic
Social Forum with the theme: “Promoting the Culture of
Violence-Free Elections in Nigeria.”
He said the use of card readers by the Independent National
Electoral Commission was not electronic voting as being
painted by some people.
Osinbajo maintained that APC was not afraid of threat from
any quarter, adding that the party was interested in the use
of card readers to ensure credible election.
He stated that the party would not accept the outcome of
anything short of free, fair and credible polls.
He said, “We (APC) are not bordered by the threat to pull
out of the election by any party, it is their choice to
participate. We want credible election. We want to ensure
that all PVCs are genuine, we don’t want rigging.
“We have confidence in God, we are ready to accept the
outcome of the election provided it is free and fair; we
expect that this election must be free and fair and that is
why we are taking all these troubles, as we are educating
our people.
“Don’t forget that under the same INEC that is now being
feared by PDP, our party lost election in Ekiti and Anambra.
In 2011, it was the same gentleman (Attahiru Jega) that
conducted election, we went to court, contested it, but all of
a sudden the same PDP said they are jittery. If the election
is not free and fair, we know the right and constitutional
thing to do.” CLICK HERE TO READ FULL AND TOUCHING NIGERIAN CELEBRITIES BIOGRAPHY AND SCANDALS
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