The Coalition of United Political Parties (CUPP) has made claims concerning President Muhammadu Buhari’s trip to China and as well as the Permanent Voter Cards (PVCs).
Buhari is billed to leave Nigeria on Friday with some governors, senators, ministers among others.
But the CUPP claims that it has uncovered political and legal landmines being put in place by the Buhari-led All Progressives Congress (APC) government and the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to “derail the course of a credible, free and fair polls in 2019”.
The CUPP spokesman, Mr. Ikenga Imo Ugochinyere, in a statement on Friday, alleged that part of it is the delayed assent on the Electoral Bill, a situation the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has condemned.
He said: “Nigerians will recall that the National Assembly delivered to the President the Electoral Act Amendment Bill for his assent. The President has 30 days within which to assent. Today is President Buhari’s last working day within the 30 day period. We had earlier raised this alarm that the President was unwilling to sign the amendment into law.
“It has now become clearer that the President will later today after hosting the German Chancellor Angela Merkel depart to frolic in China at the 7th Summit of the Forum on China – Africa Cooperation (FOCAC), a visit the President is embarking on with an unnecessarily bloated government delegation devoid of any Nigerian businessmen/women or beneficial target.