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CUPP Asks Buhari To Sign Electoral Act Amendment Bill

 Ahead of the 2019 general elections, the Coalition of United Political Parties (CUPP) has demanded the signing of the Electoral Act Amendment Bill transmitted … Continue reading CUPP Asks Buhari To Sign Electoral Act Amendment Bill


Ahead of the 2019 general elections, the Coalition of United Political Parties (CUPP) has demanded the signing of the Electoral Act Amendment Bill transmitted to President Buhari by the National Assembly.

The spokesperson of the coalition, Mr Ikenga Ugochinyere, claims that the continued “refusal” of President Buhari to sign the bill into law is a deliberate attempt to derail the 2019 elections through rigging.

Ugochinyere said, “It is now about 28 days since the National Assembly forwarded to the President and for the 4th time, necessary amendments to the Electoral Act.

“The President has not signed the amendment, we are also sad to say this to you that there is intelligence that the President has agreed with his kitchen cabinet not to sign the amendment into law.

“We have been informed that after several undue delays, the President is set to communicate with the National Assembly any time from today that he will not be able to sign the agreement due to the existence of Article 2 of the ECOWAS Protocol on Democracy and good governance which prohibits countries from making Electoral Act amendments less than six months to elections, unless there is consent of the political parties.

“However, all credible intelligence have revealed that after a damage control meeting in Abuja, key leaders of the ruling party including Abubakar Malami, Rotimi Amaechi, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, Governor Yahaya Bello, Ahmed Lawan, Adams Oshiomhole, Governor El-rufai, Ganduje and a head of a security agency, have concluded and informed the president that the amendment should not be signed.

“The amendment, if signed into law, makes the use of the card readers statutory and the only instrument of accreditation, thereby permanently doing away with the incident forms”.

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The coalition, therefore, called on all Nigerians to rise up to the occasion by ensuring that nobody is allowed to derail the coming general elections.

Meanwhile, the CUPP has adopted the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP’s) presidential candidate Atiku Abubakar, as the consensus candidate of the opposition.

The decision was announced in a statement by the group’s spokesperson.