PDP Says Poll Shift Is for National Interest

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has said the decision of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to shift the general elections earlier slated for February 14, is in the best interest of the nation.

Director of media and publicity of the PDP Presidential Campaign Organisation, Chief Femi Fani-Kayode in a statement yesterday said INEC should be commended for showing the courage to shift the elections.

"Since this decision has been taken in the interest of deepening democracy and in national interest, we accept it in good faith and we commend INEC's courage and obvious commitment to ensuring a free and fair election. With this decision, INEC has allayed the fears of many of our citizens that they may not have had the opportunity to vote for the candidates and parties of their choice on election day.

"We are constrained to take this opportunity to wholeheartedly condemn the opposition APC for its paranoid delusions and its far- fetched and childish conspiracy theories when it comes to the issue of poll shift. By insisting that the elections should be conducted on February 14, the opposition was not only dangerously flirting with chaos but was also putting our country firmly on the path of confrontation, division, injustice, disaster and destruction," he said.