The former National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, Barnabas Gemade, has urged President Muhammadu Buhari and the Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Mahmood Yakubu, to ignore the call by former President Olusegun Obasanjo for the cancellation of Saturday’s presidential election.
Mr Gemade, who addressed the press on Tuesday in Abuja, said Mr Obasanjo was a ‘meddlesome interloper’ who has nothing at stake in the election.
He said the call for the cancellation of the election by the former president was an assault on democracy and the rule of law which he described as an open incitement and call for anarchy.
He said: “This is a sad moment in the history of our country’s democracy. The people who moved against the wish of our people and annulled a free and fair election in the past are at work again.
Mr Obasanjo, on Monday, had written an open letter to President Muhammadu Buhari telling him to compel INEC to cancel the…
