APC Debunks Alleged Plot To Rig 2023 Elections

The All Progressives Congress (APC) has denied the allegation
that it plans to rig the 2023 general election made by the National
Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Prince Uche
Secondus.

The ruling party said that with more than 40 million registered
members, it has a solid foundation to successfully contest and win
elections against other parties without tampering with the verdict
of the citizens.

The National Secretary of the Caretaker/Extraordinary Convention
Planning Committee, Senator John Akpanudoedehe stated this in a
statement issued yesterday in Abuja.

The ruling party rejected the allegation of planned rigging in
2023 made by the National Chairman of the PDP, Secondus.

Akpanudoedehe noted that APC’s track record in implementing
projects and programmes that meet the needs of Nigerians is
attracting more members, supporters and sympathisers from all over
the country into the party.

He said strong internal democracy, transparency and fairness in
the conduct of its affairs, which are demonstrably lacking in the
PDP, are additional reasons that make the APC a better option for
Nigerians, including serving State Governors, National and State
Assembly members who are abandoning the PDP and joining the
APC.

The APC secretary stressed that while many APC members were
victims of rigging when the PDP was in power, the APC has no record
of rigging elections.

Akpanudoedehe added: “With more than 40 million registered
members, the APC has a solid foundation to successfully contest and
win elections against other parties without tampering with the
verdict of the citizens as was the case when PDP misruled the
country for 16 years.

“The PDP is doomed to fail in any future elections because it is
rudderless, leaderless and devoid of anything coherent and
organisational, thus making it moribund, irrelevant and too feeble
to be an effective opposition.”

He noted that Muhammadu Buhari-led administration has introduced
electoral reforms aimed at ensuring that all loopholes that open
the electoral process to possible abuse in future elections are
sealed and eliminated.

The APC said the only thing that held the PDP together in the 16
years was access to national resources of which it has been
deprived of feasting on by the electorates whose trust it lost
during two general elections.

It added that the Nigerian electorate know that the APC is a
party of people with integrity, who are trustworthy and fully
prepared to implement policies that will address their interests
and enhance their general wellbeing.

The All Progressives Congress (APC) has denied the allegation
that it plans to rig the 2023 general election made by the National
Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Prince Uche
Secondus.

The ruling party said that with more than 40 million registered
members, it has a solid foundation to successfully contest and win
elections against other parties without tampering with the verdict
of the citizens.

The National Secretary of the Caretaker/Extraordinary Convention
Planning Committee, Senator John Akpanudoedehe stated this in a
statement issued yesterday in Abuja.

The ruling party rejected the allegation of planned rigging in
2023 made by the National Chairman of the PDP, Secondus.

Akpanudoedehe noted that APC’s track record in implementing
projects and programmes that meet the needs of Nigerians is
attracting more members, supporters and sympathisers from all over
the country into the party.

He said strong internal democracy, transparency and fairness in
the conduct of its affairs, which are demonstrably lacking in the
PDP, are additional reasons that make the APC a better option for
Nigerians, including serving State Governors, National and State
Assembly members who are abandoning the PDP and joining the
APC.

The APC secretary stressed that while many APC members were
victims of rigging when the PDP was in power, the APC has no record
of rigging elections.

Akpanudoedehe added: “With more than 40 million registered
members, the APC has a solid foundation to successfully contest and
win elections against other parties without tampering with the
verdict of the citizens as was the case when PDP misruled the
country for 16 years.

“The PDP is doomed to fail in any future elections because it is
rudderless, leaderless and devoid of anything coherent and
organisational, thus making it moribund, irrelevant and too feeble
to be an effective opposition.”

He noted that Muhammadu Buhari-led administration has introduced
electoral reforms aimed at ensuring that all loopholes that open
the electoral process to possible abuse in future elections are
sealed and eliminated.

The APC said the only thing that held the PDP together in the 16
years was access to national resources of which it has been
deprived of feasting on by the electorates whose trust it lost
during two general elections.

It added that the Nigerian electorate know that the APC is a
party of people with integrity, who are trustworthy and fully
prepared to implement policies that will address their interests
and enhance their general wellbeing.