The All Progressives Congress (APC) has welcomed the statement by the Presidency and the PDP that they are not behind the campaign for the February general elections to be shifted.

In a statement issued in Ilorin on Saturday by its National Publicity Secretary, Lai Mohammed, the APC said that both the Presidency and the Peoples Democratic Party must now “back up their words with action by cutting off the funding for the surreptitious campaign” immediately.

The party said that it believed the Presidency and the PDP wisely backed away from the election-shift campaign having seen that the idea has been rejected by Nigerians.

However, it called on all Nigerians, as well as local and international observers who have started arriving for the elections, to closely monitor developments as the elections approach, because “the Presidency and the PDP have proven time and again that their words are not their bond.

“Election is a process, not a one-day affair. That is why we are delighted that some foreign observers have already arrived for the Feb. 14th and 28th polls.

“Now they must pay a very close attention to the preparations for the elections, the relentless campaign to shift the polls, including through the use of pseudo analysts and the sponsorship of a rash of court cases seeking to stop the presidential candidate of the APC, Gen. Muhammadu Buhari, at all cost.

“We know their last joker is the court, amid the unpleasant rumours that a pliable Judge has been procured with millions of dollars to disqualify our candidate. But we strongly believe that the judiciary

will do all that is possible to keep its integrity intact and not be a party to desperate efforts to scuttle the elections and trigger a constitutional crisis,” the APC said.

The party also called on local and international observers to take note of the …read more