The former Speaker of Nigeria’s House of Representatives, Hon
Aminu Masari says the All Progressives Congress, APC, as a major stakeholder in
Nigeria’s politics has its fears for the Independent National Electoral
Commission’s ability to conduct a free, fair and credible election in 2015
without interference from the presidency and the ruling People’s Democratic
Party, PDP.
Hon Masari disclosed this during a live interview on the London
based BEN Television’s morning programme. The former speaker said that Nigerians
are ready and willing to participate in the general elections and are ready to
defend their votes. He condemned INEC’s inability to assure Nigerians of its
readiness to conduct a credible election in 2015. ‘The country is ready for
elections. We believe Nigeria has the capacity to have free and fair elections
otherwise INEC should not give room to PDP to create a state of
emergency. We will not give room for them to rig elections and we will
reject anything from INEC that favours the PDP’.
Hon Masari stated that his party, APC, would not boycott the
general elections but would ensure that every vote counts when he was asked if
his party would boycott the elections in 2015 since the party, APC, is already
complaining about INEC’s ability to conduct free and credible elections. ‘No,
we will not boycott the election, we have a responsibility towards every
Nigerian, and we will participate in the election but resist attempt to rig the
elections or force any president on us’.
Commending former Vice President Atiku Abubakar’s defection to
the All Progressives Congress Party, the former speaker said that Atiku’s
decision to dump the PDP which he Atiku left in 2006 and later rejoined was due
to the party’s failure to imbibe the principle of internal democracy and the
fact that PDP has lost the vision of its founding fathers to provide good life
for every Nigerian. ‘He (Atiku) returned to the PDP then hoping that the party
will agree to the principle of internal democracy and follow the ideals of its
founding fathers, but when he saw that he was wrong and that the party has lost
its focus and was not worth it any longer, he decided to move to a more
suitable party to be able to move Nigeria forward’.
Commenting on the proposed National Dialogue, Hon Masari said
that the National Dialogue being put together by the Jonathan Government will
not produce any positive result. He ruled out the possibility of his party
joining or recognising the National Dialogue if the principles are not wholly
acceptable to Nigerian.
The former Speaker of Nigeria’s House of Representatives, Hon
Aminu Masari says the All Progressives Congress, APC, as a major stakeholder in
Nigeria’s politics has its fears for the Independent National Electoral
Commission’s ability to conduct a free, fair and credible election in 2015
without interference from the presidency and the ruling People’s Democratic
Party, PDP.
Hon Masari disclosed this during a live interview on the London
based BEN Television’s morning programme. The former speaker said that
Nigerians are ready and willing to participate in the general elections and are
ready to defend their votes. He condemned INEC’s inability to assure Nigerians
of its readiness to conduct a credible election in 2015. ‘The country is ready
for elections. We believe Nigeria has the capacity to have free and fair
elections otherwise INEC should not give room to PDP to create a state of
emergency. We will not give room for them to rig elections and we will
reject anything from INEC that favours the PDP’.
Hon Masari stated that his party, APC, would not boycott the
general elections but would ensure that every vote counts when he was asked if
his party would boycott the elections in 2015 since the party, APC, is already
complaining about INEC’s ability to conduct free and credible elections. ‘No,
we will not boycott the election, we have a responsibility towards every
Nigerian, and we will participate in the election but resist attempt to rig the
elections or force any president on us’.
Commending former Vice President Atiku Abubakar’s defection to
the All Progressives Congress Party, the former speaker said that Atiku’s
decision to dump the PDP which he Atiku left in 2006 and later rejoined was due
to the party’s failure to imbibe the principle of internal democracy and the
fact that PDP has lost the vision of its founding fathers to provide good life
for every Nigerian. ‘He (Atiku) returned to the PDP then hoping that the party
will agree to the principle of internal democracy and follow the ideals of its
founding fathers, but when he saw that he was wrong and that the party has lost
its focus and was not worth it any longer, he decided to move to a more
suitable party to be able to move Nigeria forward’.
Commenting on the proposed National Dialogue, Hon Masari said
that the National Dialogue being put together by the Jonathan Government will
not produce any positive result. He ruled out the possibility of his party
joining or recognising the National Dialogue if the principles are not wholly
acceptable to Nigerian.
CKN you guys should stop these repetitions. As for Masari & d likes, u sound like crying sheep in a wolf cloth. Hope its not APC strategy to cause mayhem & use it as a decoy to perpetrate ur evil plans. God dat I serve will surely give Nigerians a true & God fearing leader
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