This was as the youths warned that the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, and the presidency must respect the new dates fixed for the general elections.
They issued this threat at a meeting staged in Abuja by the National Youth Leader of the party, Alhaji Ibrahim Jalo Dasuki, which attracted APC youth leaders from the six geo-political zones and the 36 states of the federation, including the FCT.
Pointing out that the leadership of the party accepted the previous changes as a way of upholding the rule of law, the youths warned that they would do everything necessary within the ambit of the law to ensure that the authorities do not contemplate any further postponement of the election.
While speaking at the meeting, Dasuki expressed confidence that his party will be victorious in the coming elections, stressing that “Even though we know that what they have done was based on political reasons because they truly know that if election would be held that time they will definitely lose, and we want to tell them that no matter the number of times they shift the election we will definitely win these elections.
“Why this meeting is special is because elections are around the corner in less than four weeks, therefore we have to sit down, strategise and come up with a workable program that all of us will key in and also to set a time line on how we go about campaigning to ensure that we get victory,” he said.
Asserting that Jega has shown a lot of finesses and readiness to do a good job, he called for him to “be allowed to continue his good job because if they remove him that will take us back and everything has to start afresh from the beginning, even though they have no reason whatsoever to do that.”
Dasuki went on to describe the party’s presidential candidate, General Mohammadu Buhari, as a credible candidate and choice of Nigerians in the elections given his incorruptible stance.
Also speaking, the APC Northwest zonal youth leader, Barr. Shehu Marshal, declared that “Our position is that the March 28 and April election dates are sacrosanct, otherwise we will occupy Aso Rock and other major cities in Nigeria.”
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