PDP National Caucus Meets Over Presidential Election Today; says “We’ll Shock Buhari”

The National Working Committee of the Peoples Democratic Party has called an emergency national caucus meeting of the party. Named the ‘Expanded Caucus Meeting’, the party is expected to use the occasion to get the support of its members to seek redress in court over the outcome of the presidential election.

The meeting will hold at the party secretariat in Abuja this Monday.
Uche Secondus, though confirmed the meeting in an interview with The Punch, refused to give details of its agenda. However, inside sources said the NWC would brief the members about the outcome of the presidential and National Assembly elections.

It is also expected to deliberate on the forthcoming governorship and state Houses of Assembly elections scheduled for March 9.

A source close to the party said, “We will deliberate on what happened on February 23 across the country and also hear from our agents.

“We will also expect our presidential candidate, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, to brief us. The party will back him on his decision to challenge President Muhammadu Buhari and the All Progressives Congress in court over the outcome of the rigged election.

“We will also discuss Saturday’s governorship and State Houses of Assembly elections.”

We’ve started work on Atiku’s petition – lead counsel, Ozoukwu
Meanwhile, the lawyer leading Atiku’s legal team to the Presidential Election Petitions Tribunal, Mr Livy Uzoukwu (SAN), said on Sunday that work had begun on the PDP presidential candidate’s petition and would be filed as soon as possible.

Asked by The Punch when the petition was likely to be filed, Uzouwku said, “All I can tell you for now is that we are already working on it and we would file it as soon as it is ready.

“Don’t forget this is a presidential election that covers all Nigeria. This is not a governorship, House of Representatives or senatorial election. We are talking about the whole of Nigeria.”

He noted that his client was still within the timeline to file the petition as the law gives an election petitioner 21 days from the day of the declaration of the results to file his or her complaints before the tribunal.

The presidential election held on February 23 but the result was not declared until February 27.

This implies that Atiku has until March 20 to file his petition. From Monday (today), he has roughly 16 days to file it.

We’ll shock Buhari at election petitions tribunal, says PDP
The PDP has, however, said it will shock President Buhari and the ruling APC with what it called “shocking revelations” at the tribunal.

It said that its decision to challenge President Buhari’s victory at the tribunal was taken in the interest of the nation and not that the former ruling party was embarking on what it called an academic exercise.

Secondus, who spoke with one of our correspondents, asked Nigerians to be patient, adding that the team of lawyers put together by the party and Atiku were already working hard to file their papers at the tribunal.

He said the PDP and Atiku would have conceded defeat if President Buhari had won the February 23 presidential election fair and square.

Secondus insisted that the PDP and Atiku were robbed of their victory by the APC, which he alleged, was aided by the military and the officials of the Independent National Electoral Commission.

He said, “We will shock both Buhari and the APC at the Presidential Election Petitions Tribunal with facts and figures. We will also show videos and other ways through which the APC, INEC and the military collaborated to rig the election.

“The world and the entire country will see the details of what happened. We will reveal what they never believed we saw. No need to take issue with them. They (APC) claimed that they have evidence of fraud allegedly committed by the PDP as well. We will wait for them to come up with their lies.

“Unfortunately for them, the courts are not where propaganda will sway facts. Let them come with propaganda, we will hit them with facts and figures.”

Asked when the party and the candidate would file their papers, he said, “The Electoral Act stipulates that. We will beat the time. So, don’t be in a hurry.”

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