…Says postponement averted ‘national bloodshed’Olalekan Adetayo, AbujaThe Coalition of United Political Parties has claimed that the desperation of President Muhammadu Buhari and his men to win the presidential election, by all means, was responsible for the last minute postponement of the election. The coalition’s spokesman, Imo Ugochinyere, made the allegation in a statement made available to journalists in Abuja on Saturday morning. He said, “In their bid to once again foist an unpopular government on Nigerians, they threw caution to the winds and started setting electoral materials on fire in states that are well known to be strongholds of opposition. “These acts of sabotage, no doubt, ruined the preparations of the Independent National Electoral Commission for the elections. He said the postponement averted what he could have resulted to “national bloodshed because we are aware that APC wanted to proceed with election after compromising distribution and destroying materials in over 15 states.”DOWNLOAD THE PUNCH NEWS APP NOW ON

Source: Punch February 16, 2019 04:40 UTC