By Samuel Ogidan
Abuja
Following the discovery by the Directorate of State Security (DSS) that the All Progressives Congress (APC) had been allegedly engaged in the cloning of Permanent Voter Cards (PVCs) in its Lagos office, the leadership of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) yesterday vowed to resist the opposition’s plot to cause confusion and truncate democracy.
PDP, in a statement by its National Publicity Secretary, Olisa Metuh, said the discovery was a clear confirmation of “our stand, and fears by well-meaning Nigerians of APC’s criminal desperation, lust for power, plots to cause confusion and truncate our democracy.”
PDP said Nigerians now know on what strength the APC, a party that clearly lacks genuine followership among the citizens, has been boasting that they will emerge victorious in the 2015 general elections and threatening to form a parallel government if they lose.
“Since its formation, the APC has been accusing everyone including INEC and security agencies of working to rig the 2015 elections in favour of the PDP. Little did Nigerians realise that such were smokescreens designed to divert attention from their heinous and unpatriotic plots.
“We believe that the APC, in its desperate attempt to grab power by all means, has already established cloning and hacking centers in all the 36 states of the federation to actualise their dubious machination to subvert the will of the people.
“We insist that the cloning of INEC PVCs is criminal and strikes at the very heart of our electoral process. We share the fear of a majority of Nigerians that the APC may have already started cloning ballot papers and other election documents.”
The party called on all Nigerians and lovers of democracy across the world to note the desperation of the APC, adding that the citizens must remain vigilant and resist any attempt by the APC to steal their mandate.
“We also call on security agencies to fully investigate this atrocious cloning and ensure that whoever is found culpable faces the full weight of the law.
“This development also places an additional burden on INEC, which must now work to prove that it is not complicit in this heinous crime against the Nigerian state and its people.”
