Former Rivers State governor, Rotimi Amaechi, has expressed his dissatisfaction with the conduct of the ADC Presidential Primaries.
Amaechi stated that primaries, which were held on Monday, were marred by irregularities as voters were disenfranchised in many parts of the country and there were also clear cases of electoral malpractices.
His rejection of the exercise was contained in a statement he signed and issued on Tuesday.
The former minister of transportation said he would only concede and accept the outcome of the election if the process was fair and credible, noting he would not accept results that are antithetical to the ideals and values of the ADC.
He said “I unequivocally reject the concocted results being announced. I had initially stated that I would only accept the outcome of the Primaries if the process was free, fair, and transparent, and I stand by my word. I will not accept results from a process that does not reflect the values that the ADC had pledged to uphold, to rescue Nigerians from the impunity and gross mismanagement that our country is currently facing in the hands of the ruling party.”
He stated that the manner in which the primaries were conducted showed that the ADC was not to change the status quo and clearly not different from the very people it was seeking to remove from power, adding that there was no way he would accept results were about eight per cent of the voters were disenfranchised.
He said: “The whole idea of the ADC was to give the Nigerian people a platform, to amplify the voices of the downtrodden, and make Nigeria a better place for everyone irrespective of background, ethnicity, or religion.
“A party that criticises the ruling APC and INEC for vote buying, rigging and writing of results, cannot be engaged in vote buying, writing of results, and other electoral malpractices that lead to the disenfranchisement of voters who are party members. This is not acceptable!”
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