APC plan to form parallel government in 2015, if elections are rigged.

"APC slams presidency, vows to form a parallel
government if 2015 elections are rigged

By Olawale Kadir on November 21, 2014.

The All Progressives Congress (APC) has
slammed the presidency for its agitated
response to the warning that if the 2015
elections are rigged, the party will not
recognize the outcome and will go ahead to
form a parallel government, saying that
represents the stand of the party.
In a statement issued in Lagos on Friday by its
National Publicity Secretary, Alhaji Lai
Mohammed, the party said that what Gov.
Rotimi Amaechi said at the APC’s Salvation
Rally, which has now rankled the presidency
into a state of delirium, was simply to reiterate
the stand taken by the party before the last
Osun State Governorship election.
”Those who are fretting about this statement
are those who are planning to rig the elections
and they should be warned that Nigerians will
no longer accept the outcome of any
fraudulent polls. Those who incite the people
are those who steal their mandate.
”What we made is a conditional statement. If
A happens, then B will follow. That means if
elections are not rigged, there will be no
problem. It is therefore laughable that anyone
will call that statement treasonable,” it said,
adding that there is no higher treason than the
subversion of the people’s will.
APC said it is common knowledge that
anywhere in the world where elections have
been rigged, the consequences have been
dire, and Nigeria will not be an exception.
”Let us remind the presidency, in case it has
forgotten, that election fraud triggered a civil
war in Algeria in the early 1990s, led to the
killing of over 1,000 people in post-election
riots in Kenya in 2007/2008 and fired a near
revolution in Iran in 2009/2010. Electoral
frauds also corrupt democracy and breed
dictatorship, and risks making the people to
lose confidence in democracy. Why then
would any government react violently if
warned against election rigging?” the party
queried.
It said that instead of issuing threats and
engaging in name calling, the presidency
should simply brace up to ensure that the
forthcoming elections are not only free, fair
and credible, but are seen to be so by
Nigerians and the international community.
APC said it is necessary to constantly warn
the PDP and the Federal Government not to
tamper with the 2015 polls because of their
penchant for electoral desperation, which
manifests in the intimidation of the opposition
and the militarization of election, disposition to
anarchy and propensity for impunity.
The party said already, the process leading to
the 2015 polls are flawed, with moves to
disenfranchise millions of Nigerians by making
it impossible for them to either register or get
their Permanent Voters Cards and the plot to
depopulate the strongholds of the opposition.
”PDP and the governments it sired, especially
at the centre, are lawless and anarchic. That’s
why they can unleash the police against
federal legislators in an attempt to force a
removal of the Speaker of the House of
Representatives. That’s why a state under the
control of the PDP will use seven lawmakers
to remove the Speaker in a 26-member House
of Assembly.
”Because it is said that eternal vigilance is the
price of freedom, we will constantly warn the
PDP and the Federal Government not to
tamper with the 2015 elections. We will
constantly chide them for trying to
institutionalize impunity. We cannot and will
not be intimidated by an uptight presidency,”
it said.
”The PDP and the Jonathan Administration are
the masters of impunity, and they will not
hesitate to exploit any sign of docility in the
face of their evil intentions on the part of the
opposition. The lessons are there: Had the
members of the House of Representatives
been docile on Thursday when remote-
controlled security agents invaded their
premises and barred them from entering,
Tambuwal would have ceased to be the
Speaker by now.
”For us, the gloves are off. We will no longer
engage in any nicety as long as some people
are bent on thwarting the will of the people
through electoral fraud. All we are demanding
is a free, fair and credible election. All we are
saying is that no one should incite the people
by stealing their mandate. How these
demands can be construed to mean treason is
as baffling as the do-or-die disposition of the
ruling PDP to elections,” the party said."

In a serious country,  these shallow minded people should have been tried for treason. ......FG should act for once,   Abeg.