The national chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Uche Secondus, says international observers declared the presidential election free and fair out of fear of being killed.
Secondus who claimed that the observers said the election was transparent after being “threatened” with the “body bag” comment made by Nasir el-Rufai, governor of Kaduna state.
Addressing a press conference in Abuja on Friday, the PDP chairman insisted the election was rigged to the detriment of the opposition party.
The PDP’s Atiku Abubakar lost to President Muhammadu Buhari of the All Progressives Congress (APC) with close to four million votes.
Atiku, as well as his party, rejected the result of the election, insisting they have “the real figures” and would present such in court.
Secondus said the APC and the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) “agreed” on how to take over southern states, which he said were PDP strongholds, with the help of the military.
“They (the international observers) are not correct. Evidence from across the countries show there was to the suppression of voters in our stronghold,” he stated.
“We are not going to be approaching the court based on the comment of observers that were threatened. They were threatened. So, what do you expect them to say? They have to go home with their lives. They were threatened and can’t talk.
“We have the facts and we will show them to the world when we get to court. We have enough evidence to approach the court.”
