Edo Guber: APC In A Mission To Murder Nigeria Democracy – Secondus

Former National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Prince Uche Secondus, said the All Progressives Congress (APC) is on a mission to murder and bury democracy in Nigeria.

Secondus in a statement by his media adviser Ike Abonyi, described last Saturday’s governorship election in Edo State as electoral fraud.

He also described the off-cycle elections conducted by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in Imo, Kogi and Edo States, as a show of shame.

According to him, going by the boast of the APC National Chairman Abdullahi Ganduje that they would apply the Edo template in other forthcoming off-cycle elections in Ondo and Anambra State, the ruling party’s agenda to create a one-party state by muzzling the opposition would be achieved before 2027.

“Nigeria’s democracy is sitting on the keg of gunpowder because of rigging. If the Edo election stands, it will be difficult to carry on elections in Nigeria going forward,” Secondus warned.

He noted that the beauty of democracy is the opposing voices that help to check the ruling party, but regretted that the APC has shown that it won’t tolerate variance views.

“The election manipulation in Edo State was brazen, and it started by harassing and arresting leaders of the opposition and compromising strategic players like the security agencies and electoral officials.

“The world is watching the shame we bring to this beautiful form of government that other nations apply to stabilise and develop their countries,” he added.