By AGATHA N Uju, Correspondent, Abuja The African Democratic Congress (ADC) on Monday categorically said the ruling All Progressive Congress (APC) was behind the murder of Mr Musa Abubakar.
The party said the deceased “was brutally murdered at his post in the Gwagwa polling unit for resisting a daring attempt by hoodlums to hijack ballot boxes and subvert the will of voters”.
The tragic incident reportedly occurred on Saturday during the area council elections in the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja, conducted by INEC.
In the results declared by INEC, the APC won five chairman seats out of six.
Speaking at a press conference in Abuja, National Coordinator, The Obidient Movement Globally, Dr. Tanko Yunusa, said “Our agents on the ground were systematically targeted. They were harassed, threatened, and intimidated in a desperate attempt to silence them.
“Tragically, this campaign of fear culminated in the ultimate price: one of our most dedicated agents, a patriot named *Mr. Musa Abubakar (Dege) *, was brutally murdered at his post in the *Gwagwa polling unit* for resisting a daring attempt by hoodlums to hijack ballot boxes and subvert the will of voters”.
Yunusa alleged that APC agents were threatened and had to flee abandoning their polling units.
He said, “The fear factor was also what they used as they started threatening agents early to the point the agents fled especially after seeing one of their own stabbed and killed lying on his own blood”.
He called the results of Saturday’s AMAC chairmanship election a political setback and brazen assault on the foundations of Nigeria’s democracy. He said the polls results are an act of stealing the people mandate.
Yunusa blamed INEC for the voters apathy saying the Commission “contributed to the voters Apathy by dividing the polling units with out informing the people. Making it difficult for voters to locate their polling units. Many left in frustration and not voting with 7% turn out”.
“We witnessed a criminal subversion of will of the people. The declared victory of the All Progressives Congress (APC) was not earned at the ballot box; it was manufactured through a campaign of violence, intimidation, and blatant manipulation”, he said.
Demanding a full and transparent review of the election results, the ADC calls on the security agencies to bring the perpetrators of the violence to justice.
Also, the party is calling on all Nigerians, civil society organizations, and the international community to stand with it and condemn what it called electoral injustice.
“We will not stand by and watch our democracy being desecrated”, he stated.
