…Wants
Buhari to reject invitation
…As
Clark seeks peaceful election
Unless
urgent correction is done, presidential candidate of the Action Democratic
Party (ADP) Engr. Yusuf Y. Sani, has said he will be approaching the court of
law to stop the 2019 presidential debate, even has he is challenging his
exclusion.
The
presidential candidate also urged President Muhammadu Buhari to reject
invitation to participate in the debate as organised by Broadcasting Commission
of Nigeria (BON).
Recall
that only five political party were given opportunity to be party of the recent
Vice Presidential debate which took place recently.
But
speaking with newsmen on Sunday in Abuja, after paying a condolence visit on
the Ijaw leader, Chief Edwin Clark, who lost his son (Chike Clark) at the
weekend, Engr. Sani said Nigerians should condemn in strong terms the exclusion
of his party from the debate.
“It is
really a very sad thing in this country that a very strong and popular party
like ADP was sidelined in such debate. In this country people will take
Nigerians for granted and be so bold that we don’t mean anything, that
Nigerians don’t matter.
“Nigerians
deserve to hear from everybody. Nigerians deserve to choose whoever they want.
And if we are muscled out at this point in time that we are approaching the
most important electionin the history of this country, I think it is very sad,
and I ask the president to reject the invitation to be party of that debate
because if he does that would have portrayed him in a very bad light and
history will not be kind to him because this is a step to deliberately rig the
election even before the election takes place.
“So, we
are calling on Nigerians to condemn, in the strongest terms this attempt to rig
2019 election before the election even takes place. We want to use this
opportunity of visiting one of the Elder statemen (Clark) who has always come
out strongly to defend the democracy he fought for, to hear our view and
condemn actions taken so far by organising a debate for Vice President of only
five political parties.
“One of
them is not even known. I’m not saying that party should not be included in the
debate but what I’m saying is that everybody should be given opportunity to
talk to Nigerians. The air space belong to all Nigerians. It does not belong to
APC or PDP alone. Even the law of the Broadcasting Commission says that all the
parties should be given equal opportunity.
“INEC
should also come forward to defend democracy. It is an affront, it is a day light
robbery on democracy and if nothing is done we will go to court to stop that
debate because it doesn’t represent the interest of this country.”
Speaking
ealier, the Ijaw leader, Chief Edwin Clarck, who was in mourning mood, orayed
for a peaceful election in 2019.
“We are
praying that whoever wins this coming election will be our president, nomatter
wherever he comes from. We have always believe in one thint that the
constitution that we have today, if that constitution is not changed all will
not be well.
“So we
need a proper restructuring of this country where everybody will be equal,
where appointment will not belong to one particular set of people while others
are just waiting in vain. Our children will never forgive us.
Whike
making reference to India, Chief Clarck said the elctoral body control the
security during election. “If the policemen will be selected, it will be
between the Inspector General and the electoral body. Those policemen will be
well trained and put under the control of electoral body.”
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