2019 ELECTIONS Buhari’s desperation to win caused election postponement, says CUPP

The Coalition of United Political Parties has

claimed that the desperation of President

Muhammadu Buhari and his men to win the

presidential election , by all means , was

responsible for the last minute postponement of

the election.

The coalition ’s spokesman , Imo Ugochinyere,

made the allegation in a statement made available

to journalists in Abuja on Saturday morning.

He said , “ In their bid to once again foist an

unpopular government on Nigerians , they threw

caution to the winds and started setting electoral

materials on fire in states that are well known to

be strongholds of opposition .

“ These acts of sabotage , no doubt, ruined the

preparations of the Independent National

Electoral Commission for the elections .

“ We have raised the alarm many times that agents

of the government were working hard to ensure

that elections are not held or are declared

inconclusive in areas they know that the All

Progressives Congress will never win . We have

been vindicated .

We blame the international embarrassment this

last minute postponement has caused the nation

on the President , the desperate leaders of his

party , APC , and the nation ’s security agencies who

failed woefully in their duties to protect electoral

materials and INEC offices from attacks by these

enemies of the nation .”

Ugochinyere added that with the postponement ,

“ President Buhari ’s judgement day with the

people has just been shifted .”

He , however, said the INEC chairman, Prof

Mahmood Yakubu , displayed courage by shifting

the election.

He said the postponement averted what he could

have resulted to “ national bloodshed because we

are aware that APC wanted to proceed with

election after compromising distribution and

destroying materials in over 15 states. ”