FOR 2019 PDP REJECTS INEC TIMETABLE

2019: ADP rejects INEC timetable Author: Buchi Obichie UPDATED: AN HOUR AGO VIEWS: 22387 Category: Politics, Local news SHARE ON FACEBOOK SEND VIA EMAIL SHARE ON FACEBOOK SEND VIA EMAIL - The Action Democratic Party has rejected the timetable released by INEC,

for the 2019 general elections - The party faulted the positioning of the presidential and National Assembly elections before the governorship and state assembly polls - ADP stated that it should have been the other way round and accused the APC of attempting to rig the election The timetable and schedule of activities which was issued by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) on Tuesday, January 9, has been rejected by the Action Democratic Party (ADP), Daily Trust reports. The development was made public by the national chairman of the party, Engineer Yabaji Yusuf Sani, in a chat with newsmen on Thursday, January 11, in Abuja, the nation’s capital. gathers that Sani took fault with the scheduling of the presidential election before the governorship polls. The electoral commission had fixed the presidential and National Assembly elections for Saturday, February 16, 2019; and scheduled Saturday, March 2, 2019 for governorship and state assembly elections. However, Sani sought for a situation whereby the 2019 general elections would begin with the state assembly elections and round up with the presidential election. He alleged that there was a plan by the All Progressives Congress (APC) to rig the polls. Sani stated: “The order of the elections as released by the INEC is one thing we are not comfortable with because once you have a president sitting there, then he calls the shots. “He can have his way against the wishes of the people of the country. So, this is one area we are not comfortable with and I think that area can be looked into.” previously reported that ahead of the 2019 presidential election, the Action Democratic Party had begun scheming to gain victory at the polls. In an interview, the party’s southsouth zonal coordinator and former Senate chief whip, Rowland Owie, noted that in order to achieve its aim, the ADP had zoned its presidential and vice presidential tickets to the north and the southeast respectively. According to Owie, this was in order to gain support of voters in both regions. Is the newly formed political party the solution to Nigeria's woes?