Atiku To Buhari: Signing Electoral Act Will Show Your Commitment To Credible Polls

The presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party and former Vice President of Nigeria, Atiku Abubakar, has called on President Muhammadu Buhari to sign into law the Electoral Act amendment, which is on his desk, if he is really interested in the conduct of free, fair and credible elections.

Speaking at the inauguration of his Presidential Campaign Council on Thursday in Abuja, Abubakar said signing the Electoral Act Amendment into law was necessary because elections were governed by laws and good laws are required to ensure credible elections.

“Such laws constrain the behaviour of all who are involved in the electoral process, including the candidates and their supporters, security agents and the electoral umpire (in this case the INEC),” Abubakar said.

He predicted that the 2019 presidential election would be tough based on the alleged desperate moves of the All Progressives Congress government to cling to power at all cost.

“We are facing an APC government that is desperate to cling to power at all costs, which means that this will be a tough Presidential election,” he said.

The former Vice President said it would take a focused campaign that would not take anything for granted and a campaign of eternal vigilance for victory to be guaranteed.

Abubakar said he was not surprised that the APC government was running a campaign of “personal attacks and innuendo”, which he noted was caused by the fact that party had failed to keep its promises to the Nigerian electorate.