Politics: Buhari is planning to use military to rig 2019 general elections Says PDP
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) said on Saturday that it was opposed to military exercise Egwu Eke III also called Operation Python Dance in the country between Jan1 and Feb28.
The Chief of Army Staff, Lt Gen Tukur Buratai, he said that the exercise was aimed at fighting security confrontation facing the country ahead of the 2019 General election.
But the PDP National Publicity Secretary, Mr Kola Ologbondiyan, in a statement writing that President Buhari was planning to use the exercise to intimidate voters and rig the 2019 Presidential election.
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Ologbondiyan, who is also the Director, Media and Publicity, PDP Presidential Campaign Organisation, said that Operation Python Dance was also geared towards creating the feeling of insecurity ahead of the general elections.
Read what he said in his statement;
“Our investigation shows that part of the plot (APC) wants to use military operation to unleash a heavy security presence to intimidate, harass and instil fear in voters in the PDP strongholds across the country and pave the way for the allocation of fake votes to President Buhari and the All Progressives Congress.
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