INEC Commissioner To Be Arrested Tuesday, Buhari Wants Elections Postponed Again – CUPP Alleges

The Coalition of United Political Parties (CUPP) on Tuesday
claimed that the Department of State Services (DSS) will today
arrest the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC)
commissioner in charge of operations and logistics, Prof. Okechukwu
Ibeanu.

Imo Ugochinyere, CUPP spokesman, in a statement on Tuesday, also
alleged that President Muhammadu Buhari was planning to sabotage
and shift the rescheduled February 23rd election, and has directed
DSS to invite and detain the federal commissioner.

He said the planned arrest of the official was due to his
alleged refusal to help the All Progressives Congress (APC)
government sabotage distribution and compromise of
sensitive election materials.

Ugochinyere said: “The Refusal of INEC to proceed with staggered
election during the aborted Feb 16 election which ruined Buhari APC
rigging plan is the reason for the new offensive action against
INEC to intimidate them into
submission.

“The idea to detain the Federal Commissioner today was on the
sole instigation of the former DG of the DSS Lawal Daura who still
runs the agency by proxy and 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.

“We call on all Nigerians to rise up on against this ongoing
leadership abuse and madness which have the potentiality to throw
Nigeria into an electoral violence that will enable Buhari execute
his lawless order that Security agencies should publicly start
killing people under the guise of Ballot box snatching.”