The Presidential candidate of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) in last week’s election, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, has presented a six-point demand to the federal government .
Top on the demand was unfreezing of opposition politicians’ bank accounts.
Another major demanded presented to former Head of State and Chairman of the National Peace Committee, General Abdulsalam Abubakar (rtd) was demilitarisarion of sequent polls.
General Abubakar led members of the committee to a meeting with Atiku and his running mate, Mr. Peter Obi in Abuja yesterday night.
The NPC was expected to meet President Muhammadu Buhari government with the demands .
Other demands by Atiku were:
*That accreditation of voters should take place before voting in subsequent elections.
*That there should be no deployment of the military in subsequent elections.
* That INEC should open its back end server to all participating parties.
*That there should be a release of all politicians detained illegally by FG.
A source at the meeting disclosed that Atiku “warned that tensions are building up in the land.”
NPC team included Cardinal John Onaiyekan, Bishop Kukah and Rev. Fr Atta Barkindo of the NPC secretariat.
Atiku and his team informed the group that the election of February 23 was the worst in 20 years of the return to democratic rule as it was marred by brazen rigging with no consideration to the will of the people.
It was learnt that Gen. Abdusalam and his team pleaded with the PDP flag bearer to avoid anything that could jeopardise the nation’s peaceful co-existence.
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