The Peoples Democratic Party Presidential Campaign Organisation says some All Progressive Congress (APC) leaders met with Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) Chairman, Attahiru Jega in Dubai to perfect plans to rig the forthcoming elections.
The Director of Media and Publicity of Organisation, Chief Femi Fani-Kayode disclosed this to newsmen at a press conference in Abuja on Wednesday.
He however failed to elaborate on his claims.
Fani-Kayode also castigated INEC on how it has handled the distribution of Permanent Voters Card (PVC) so far, saying
“The matter is that INEC has failed in its responsibility to produce and distribute PVCs to about 34 per cent of registered voters who would require the cards to vote in the elections.
“This brings us to the issue of statistics of PVC distribution and collection, which we believe Prof. Jega, as a person, acting in concert with some forces of retrogression, is playing games with.
“We express our concerns today that Jega may have decided to aid the APC to rig the forthcoming elections through the manipulation of the production, distribution and collection of PVCs,” he added.
Meanwhile, the APC has refuted claims that its leaders met or has schedule a meeting with the INEC Chairman.
Lai Mohammed, the National Publicity Secretary of the APC dismissed the allegation as utter nonsense and irritable.
Speaking in a telephone interview on Wednesday, Mohammed said, “I’m in Abuja with some of our leaders. Baba Bisi Akande is here, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar is here, former Governor Kayode Fayemi is here. Asiwaju Bola Tinubu is in Lagos.
“No leader of the APC is outside the country. So, tell me who is Jega meeting? Is it members of our NEC? Not one of our leaders is outside the country. This people are paranoid. We are preparing for our NEC meeting. We have some of our governors here. The PDP is paranoid.”