Jonathan, INEC Plan To Rig 2015 Polls—Tinubu

National leader of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Bola Ahmed Tinubu, has accused President Goodluck Jonathan and the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, of planning to rig the 2015 election.

Tinubu made this cry on Saturday in Lagos following the flops recorded in the ongoing distribution of the Permanent Voters Cards, PVC, in the state.

Speaking at a press conference held at the secretariat of the Lagos State chapter of APC, in Ogba, the former Lagos State governor noted that INEC had four years to plan ahead for the distribution of the voters’ cards, but that this exercise has shown that the electoral body was not ready for the 2015 elections. He cast doubt on INEC’s ability to conduct free and fair elections in 2015.

“This exercise is not acceptable. INEC is colluding with the presidency to rig the forthcoming election,” Tinubu decried. “This is a deliberate collusion as far as I am concern. It is inexcusable. INEC has merged with Jonathan to form a formidable rigging body,” he alleged.

“We will stand to protect our rights,” he said.

Speaking further, the former federal lawmaker said, “In 2011, a total of 6,247,845 people registered. Surprisingly, the recent figure claimed by INEC had whittled that figure down to 4.8 million. The reasons for this sudden and steep drop are shrouded in mystery and suspicion due to lack of INEC’s transparency.

“Polling units whose registered voters have been reduced to zero are on the increase and the number of such empty units now stands at a staggering 1,801 million. The question INEC needs to answer is how did all these names got wiped down to such zero?

“It boggles the mind that in a densely populated and politically active state such as Lagos, there can be so many units with no registered voters at all. This bellied the recent history of voting in Lagos. It makes no logical sense.”

According to him, “They told us that only 11 Local Government is ready and rather than outright boycott, the party endured the frustration and asked the public, especially APC members to go for it. Our reports from the field so far showed that the exercise has failed and is unacceptable. In some instance, you don’t find INEC starting on time, the cards were not sorted out and were inadequate.”