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The Ifako-Ijaiye chapter of African Democratic Congress (ADC) has rejected the new dates announced by the Independent National Electoral Commission for the conduct of the general elections.

It alleged that shoddy arrangements for the elections by the Independent National Electoral Commission was a deliberate agenda of President Muhammadu Buhari to cling on to power even when it said it was obvious to him that Nigerians wanted him out.

The LGA Chairman of the party, Timi Olorunsaye stated this while reacting to the pronouncements made by the Chairman of the commission, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu in the early hours of Saturday that the elections had been postponed.

Yakubu said that the Presidential and National Assembly elections earlier scheduled to hold today would now hold next Saturday while that of governorship, state houses of Assembly and Abuja area councils had been shifted to March 9.

Olorunsaye, who is popularly known as TMO and doubles as the ADC’s candidate for Ifako-Ijaiye Federal House of Reps seat alleged that the postponement was part of a grand design by the All Progressives Congress to thwart the will of Nigerians at all cost.

He added that the action had clearly exposed INEC as a failure and warned that the party will not accept “anything short of a well organised electoral process devoid of manipulation, harassment and intimidation of voters and the opposition particularly members of the ADC.”

He added, “Having failed in all their nefarious options to enable them illegally perpetuate themselves in power, the APC and the INEC came up with the idea of shifting elections, an action that is dangerous to our democracy and is therefore unacceptable.”

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According to a statement from TMO’s campaign media office signed by ‘Wale Onifade, Olorunsaye said that the party was privy to the alleged pressure from the APC and the Federal Government to allegedly arm-twist INEC, to dance to their new strategy after earlier ones failed.

He said, “With several of their rigging options failing, they now have to force INEC to agree to a shift in the election or a staggered election with flimsy excuses that were pre-manufactured for the purpose.

He said that by this action, the President had further demonstrated his apathy for democracy and disdain for fellow Nigerians as his shenanigans are capable of destabilizing the polity and has resulted in unnecessary financial costs for Nigerians including those who came home from other countries to exercise their civic and democratic rights.”

The House of Representatives hopeful also drew the attention of all lovers of democracy to the statement of President Buhari on the international media that nobody can unseat him from office as an indication of what lies ahead.

He further admonished Nigerians to remain undeterred in their resolve to emancipate the nation from slavery by going to the polls next weekend to cast and protect their votes.