CUPP raises alarm over plot to rig 2023 general elections

The Coalition of United Political Parties (CUPP), a body of political parties in Nigeria, has raised the alarm over an alleged plot to rig 2023 general elections.

This alarm was raised at a press conference in Abuja on Wednesday by the CUPP spokesperson, Ikenga Ugochinyere.

He said there were plots to undermine the Bi-modal Voter Accreditation System (BVAS) machine during the elections.

He noted that plots had been finalized on deactivating the BVAS from its server.

Ugochinyere also alleged that INEC will be under pressure not to transmit the results of the 2023 polls electronically.

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However, he cautioned that the opposition parties will resist any attempt to conduct the 2023 general elections without BVAS and electronic transmission of results.

According to him, the opposition parties would also be heading to court over the issue, and also petition the international community about the alleged conspiracy to undermine the election.

“As parties, we say that arrest and public shaming of the perpetrators and their collaborators who perpetrated the voter registration fraud is non-negotiable,” Ugochinyere said.

“No matter the atmosphere, no matter who is involved, as leaders of the country’s political process and platforms, we have an equal stake and can’t be intimidated into silence.”

“We will continue to act within the ambit of the law, but we are not going to run away or surrender to those who want to destroy what they did not build and what does not belong to them. We are ready for the election and will keep vigilance and not allow our electoral process to be derailed.”

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However, INEC has vowed to conduct free, fair and credible elections in 2023, and has also debunked the allegations of foreign names in its register.

President Muhammadu Buhari has also strengthened his commitment to leave a legacy of free and fair elections for the country.

Buhari made the pledge last month while addressing the 77th session of the United Nations General Assembly in New York, the United States.