APC could rig 2019 polls, appointees now in charge of INEC – APGA

The All Progressives Grand Alliance, APGA, has stated that the All
Progressives Congress (APC) could easily rig the 2019 election if it
wanted.

APGA said this while condemning ruling political parties in various
states for interfering local government elections.

APGA stated that rigging were carried out by various electoral
commissions constituted by the state governments.

Leader of the party in Delta State, Dr Uvie Uwanogho in a statement
yesterday, described the act as "civilian coup"

He said political parties should be encouraged to be actively involved
in the supervision of elections to strengthen the nation's democracy.

APGA Uwanogho said: "There cannot be free and fair elections in
Nigeria without the active participation of the political parties in
the management and supervision of elections.

"The various state electoral commissions and the Independent National
Electoral Commission, INEC will always do the bidding of their
paymasters.

"That is why in local elections, usually, the ruling party in the
state "wins" all the seats. Checkout Lagos, Kano, Akwa Ibom, Kwara,
Delta and Edo LGA elections.

"If APC at the national level wants to rig the coming elections, it is
my belief that nothing can stop them because we have left the planning
and supervision of the electoral process to appointees of government."