Barring any change in their plan, the Nigerian presidency and the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) will any moment from now begin to instigate protests against the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) as a way of forcing the commission to postpone the February 14 and 28 general elections.
Presidency and PDP insiders told this newspaper Thursday that as part of the plot to postpone the elections, women and youth groups across the country would be procured to march on INEC headquarters and state offices with placards, complaining about the electoral body’s refusal to deliver their Permanent Voter Cards (PVC) to them.
The protesters will then call for a postponement of the election so they would not be disenfranchised.
To perfect the plans for the widespread plans, Premium Times reveals that several planning meetings have been held by officials of the PDP, the party’s presidential campaign council and some presidency officials on how to finance the women and youth groups to undertake the protests.
A source familiar with the matter, but who declined to be named for security reasons, said the protesters are expected to gather in INEC offices to protest the inability of the commission to distribute the Permanent Voters Card and ask for the postponement of the elections.
“The protest will begin in Abuja after which similar ones will hold in various offices across the country, billions of naira has already been approved,” the source said.
Source: Premium Times
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