Olalekan Adetayo, AbujaThe Coalition of United Political Parties on Tuesday alleged that President Muhammadu Buhari is planning to sabotage and again shift the Saturday’s rescheduled presidential and National Assembly elections. It claimed that the President has directed the Department of State Services to invite and detain the Independent National Electoral Commission’s National Commissioner in charge of Operations, Prof Okechukwu Ibeanu. Ugochinyere claimed that Ibeanu’s sin is his refusal to help the ruling All Progresives Congress sabotage distribution and compromise of sensitive election materials. “The refusal of INEC to proceed with staggered election during the aborted February 16 election which ruined Buhari APC rigging plan is the reason for the new offensive against INEC to intimidate them into submission,” he said. He added, “The former DG convinced Buhari to allow the use of the DSS to clampdown on INEC to force them to do their bidding or sabotage the rescheduled election and stop it from holding.

Source: Punch February 19, 2019 11:04 UTC