Amaechi speaks on APC, Buhari interfering with 2019 election results
Rotimi Amaechi, Director-General of the reelection campaign of President
Muhammadu Buhari, has said the president will not interfere with the
outcome of the 2019 elections.
Amaechi reiterated this while addressing a delegation from the European Union (EU) on Thursday in Abuja.
He added that the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) would adhere
strictly to the electoral laws in the forthcoming elections.
“One assurance I will give you today is that we’ll stand by the
Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC and we will stand by
whatever decision they make. We believe that we promised Nigerians
change and I also believe that you can observe the change
“The assurance I will give you from President Buhari Campaign
Organisation is that there will be no interference by the president.
We’ll play by the rules and whatever the campaign team needs to do to
ensure that the election is transparent, we will do. We’ll also ensure
that the election is such that Nigerians will be proud of, and we hope
that the rest who are contesting in other parties will also take the
same position,” he said.
Earlier, Ketil Karlsen, head of the EU delegation to Nigeria and ECOWAS,
said the EU would partner with Nigerians to organise credible polls in
2019.
He noted that the EU was only concerned about the best electoral practices for Nigeria.
“We look forward to a good collaboration on this occasion of the 2019
general elections. We have had election observers in Nigeria for all
general elections since 1999.
“For the EU, we really do not have any preferred candidate, we don’t
have any preferred political party, we don’t promote any particular
ideology in Nigeria. We are very concerned about having the best
possible process in the country. We want to see free, fair, credible and
peaceful election. So this is why we have invested not only our time
but also a lot of European tax payers’ money on engaging with all the
Nigerian stakeholders since 1999.
“We have spent more than one hundred million Euros in giving support for
electoral process. So currently, we support INEC, we support the
national assembly, we support intra-party democracy and we support all
stakeholders.”
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