Polls : We adopted Atiku in consonant with CUPP agreement… SDP
………… warns security agents against obeying unlawful order from Buhari
Ahead of the forthcoming Presidential and National Assembly elections on Saturday, the Social Democratic Party, SDP, has said that the adoption of Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, the Presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, for the Presidential Poll in consonant with the agreement reached among the Coalition of United Political Parties, CUPP,
The Party disclosed that this was to enable the Coalition to collectively ease the All Progressives Congress, APC administration out of power and pave the way for a true democratic government being yearning for by Nigerians.
Addressing news men in Abuja yesterday after the emergency meeting of its National Working Committee, NWC, its National Chairman , Chief Supo Shonibare said that the adoption was premised on the fact that after a careful study and assessment of the leading Presidential candidates, the plans of Atiku were closely interelated to the Principles and manifesto of the SDP, particularly the desire of Nigerians for restructuring .
The SDP National Chairman added that the Party also adopted the PDP candidate for the election in response to the outcry of the millions of Nigerians who desired a change in the nation’s national leadership and the coming together of Political forces to ensure the country “is rescued from hunger,maladministration, nepotism and quasi-dictorship”.
He therefore called on Party members and suppoters nationwide to come out in their multitudes on the election day to cast their vbotes for Alhaji Atiku Abubakar for the Presidency and the Party’s candidates in other elections.
However, the Party condemned in srtong terms the resaons adduced by the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, for rescheduling the elections.
According to him, “the SDP in assessment of the postponement’s exponential cost to Nigerians and Political actors considers INEC’s decision as parochial, insensitive and capable of creating voter aparthy that may further diminish voter turnout on election day
” The Social Democratic Party strongly urges INEC to engage all critical national and foreign as well as Election Stakeholders in its pre-election and post -election processes in an open and transparent atmosphere in attestation that the electoral processes are credible, free, fair and peaceful, as democratic governance and the future of our cherished country hangs in the balance”.
On the shoot at sigtht order to security forces against ballot boxes snatchers by President Muhammadu Buhari, he disagreed with the directive and warned security Personnel against carrying out such unlawful orders not backed by the law of the land as being directed by buhari, saying that the quenciquecies should be better imagined.
