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Malam Garba Shehu, the Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, stated this when he fielded questions from newsmen in Daura, Katsina State, shortly after he voted at polling unit 003 Kofar Baru III, Gidan Niyam, Daura, Katsina State.
The presidential aide maintained that the individuals, who are also determined to capture power at all cost, had targeted the Independent National Commission , the police and courts for destruction.Shehu, who stated that the presidency was not disturbed by the legal action taken by the defeated presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party , Atiku Abubakar, in the March 23 presidential election, said already local and foreign observers had adjudged the election as fair and credible.
He said: “I think that in this country, we have people who are determined to take power at all cost and as you can see from the commencement of electioneering they have targeted national institutions – the court, the police, INEC and whoever has a role in the process – they have targeted those institutions for destruction.“We are happy with the fact that all the domestic observers, nearly 90 per cent have said `this is okay’, and not to talk of the foreign observers.
On the gubernatorial and state house assembly elections, the presidential aide lauded the security agencies and officials of INEC for ensuring peaceful and prompt commencement of the exercise. “As you can see, there are no hitches whatsoever. I think that INEC have lived up to their own words by ensuring that there is promptness in the commencement of the exercise and there is smoothness in the way it is being conducted,’’ he said.
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