The energy being dissipated by the All Progressives Congress in advocating for the use of card reader in the coming elections has been described as another sinister motive of the party to cause confusion during and after the elections.
The Governor of Ekiti State, Ayodele Fayose, said this in a statement made available to journalists by his Chief Press Secretary, Idowu Adelusi, in Ado Ekiti on Thursday.
Fayose noted that the APC is known for its penchant for promotion of confusion and division in Nigeria for political gains, even at the expense of the well being and unity of the country.
He explained that inasmuch as the usage of the card reader is noble, the preparation of the Independent National Electoral Commission for it has been very poor, which is believed to be a conspiracy between the electoral body and the APC, if the agitation of the APC on the card reader is anything to rely upon.
Fayose explained that the INEC Chairman, Prof. Attahiru Jega, has told Nigerians that the card reader battery can go flat after five hours, which means that unless there is alternative power supply, the machine will be rendered useless after the battery has gone flat.
Fayose said the question now is: will INEC provide power generators in each of the poling unit in the whole country so that by the time the battery is down, the electoral officers could switch to the alternative power?
He said without this, the introduction of the card reader is nonsense.
The governor also said Nigerians should know that INEC has never hidden the fact that the card readers are internet-base in delivery and considering the fact that most of the Nigeria towns and villages are not fixed with internet, that means that the card cannot deliver until when it gets to where there is internet.
He said it means that the usage would be a failure because a lot of contradictory information would have dealt havoc on the entire exercise before the card reader can deliver its results.
Fayose stressed that when the election in Ekiti and Osun States were conducted, the Independent National Electoral Commission didn’t use the card reader and APC did not cry wolf.
He said this was also the situation when the governorship elections in Anambra and Edo States were conducted without card readers.
He said now that they know there is no way the party’s presidential candidate, General Muhammadu Buhari, can win without rigging, they want Nigerians to see sense in the usage of the card reader that had never be tested or acknowledged to be free from manipulation.
He said: “I can say boldly that the leadership of APC have hidden agenda in the usage of the card reader that is why their clamour for it has been so vociferous when they know ab initio that there is no way their patty can win this election.
“They are looking for preemptive excuses for violence during and after the election so that they can gain some undue sympathy whereas the usage of the card reader is not important to the election as the availability of security which they campaigned against like hell on earth.”
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