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Abuja – The Federal Government may have put embassies and diplomats under surveillance over its suspicion that they are interfering in election matters in the country.

Daily Independent learnt that the government’s action would be in reaction to the suspicion that these diplomats may have brought in some sophisticated equipment meant for election monitoring and installed them in their embassies.

According to the source, the Federal Government believes the equipment would be used for the forthcoming election.

The government’s response, according to highly placed sources, may define the country’s relationship with the international community if President Muhammadu Buhari wins the presidential election on Saturday.

The Federal Government and its security agencies believe that diplomats and their embassies are meddling in the electoral exercise – an action forbidden in diplomatic circles.

“Diplomatic rules forbid diplomats from making comments on Nigeria’s internal matters. We are aware that key politicians and media also encourage this trend,” explained a top security source.

According to the source, all of the Nigerian intelligence community who frown at this trend have since put some of the diplomats under watch.

“We have no problem with anybody who brings equipment explicitly for polls monitoring, but we frown at the use of such device to compromise our national security,” the source said.

The source further stated that there would be sanctions from the Nigerian government in the event of any diplomatic infractions by embassies and diplomats.

Regardless, international polls observers, including embassies with strong ties to the nation, insist that the February/March elections were very critical not only for the survival of the country, but also for the West African sub-region. They, therefore, insist that the standard of the polls should not fall short of that of 2015.

But there are other versions to the allegations made by government and the threats of sanction on diplomatic missions in Nigeria.

Some sources, however, said what security agencies might be alluding to as “surveillance equipment” could just be the Parallel Voting Tabulation (PVT) system, which is being introduced by opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).

The PVT, a vote integrity monitoring application, is principally a replica of electronic vote transfer app but with improvements in taking audio, visual tabulation of results, starting from basic polling units.

It was also learnt that its margin of error is single digit, less than 5 percent.

According to Osita Chidoka, Special Adviser on Strategy and External Engagements to National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), while speaking with newsmen at the PDP Legacy House, Abuja, on the PVT, he said the device was a scientific tool that prevents rigging and assures the credibility of the election result.

“The PVT is a tool that will assure that PDP partisans accept the result of the elections, and that the country remains peaceful and respectful of its differences. We are aware that other PVTs will be conducted by civil societies.

“Hard copies of the signed voter tally provided to all party agents by the NEC officers will be transported to the central command centre should future disputes need to be reconciled.

“We have built a national network of fully equipped situation rooms and call centres.

“PDP has established a reporting system for the PVT through the wards, to the district headquarters, to the states, to the national tally centre.

“The system has redundancies built at all levels – in the event of an internet or communications shutdown or failure or any other eventualities.”

According to him, the PDP would deploy an unprecedented number of trained party agents to each of the 176,000 polling units across the country to monitor the election.

Indications are also rife that the European Union (EU), the African Union (AU) and the United Nations (UN) are interested in what the outcome of the PVT would be and might be poised to recommending such in future elections elsewhere.

This development, say other sources, has created unease in some circles in the presidency.

According to this group, the PVT might be encroaching on the roles of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), the country’s sole election umpire.

“Are they saying that INEC can’t be trusted?” asked a bemused source in the presidency.

But with Buhari’s refusal to sign the electronic voting bill into law, pundits aver that any measure meant to ensure voting transparency would be welcomed by the international election observers.

“PVT, introduced by the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), in conjunction with other opposition parties and some critical stakeholders, has attracted the interest of observers,” explained a European Union (EU) monitor to Daily Independent.

But going by some developments in the Presidential Villa last week, the matter might well be out of the president’s hands.

For instance, at a closed door meeting between President Muhammadu Buhari and Patricia Scotland, Secretary General of the Commonwealth of Nations, it was impressed on the president that the international community and lots of independent observers would be keenly focused on the election and would not settle for anything less than a transparently conducted election.

“There were talks of agitations raised by opposition parties. The Secretary General also used the opportunity to draw the president’s attention to human rights records in Nigeria, asking that he prevail on security agencies to avoid voter intimidation,” stated a presidency source.

After the meeting, Buhari was said to have summoned security chiefs and head of intelligence agencies in the country to tell them that their conduct must not lead to loss of credibility for the polls.

https://www.independent.ng/polls-fg-puts-embassies-diplomats-under-watch-over-pvt/amp/

lol

Gham.

No stone should be left unturned.

The Cameroonian thief is too desperate.

Filthy pigs can grunt all they want, that is just what is left for them.

What good elder sees while sitting, can never be seen by a child even if he/ she climbs tree. They warned us, but we were carried away by propaganda/ media packaging. A leopard can never change its spot. Let us come out en masse to make Nigeria work again. Enough of this one man show! Smh for the poster above.

Saturday's presidential elections will be determined by Nigerians from East, West, North and South. It is a popularity contest that is based on number of votes each candidate gets. Gang-up by misguided foreign collaborators or deployment of sophisticated equipment will not do much if majority of Nigerians go in one direction.

Yeye cows.


The bloody terrorist is going down as the most useless president in Nigeria history


As a reminder:

Trend analysis shows it is likely to take a massive rigging with collaboration with FGN security apparatus for Buhari to win. If the election is free, fair and credible, that feat will be difficult to achieve.

Here is why:

FACTCHECK: When the Buhari's image was intact without coalition, the largest votes he got couldn't make him President, until a coalition of forces and interests along with the masses made it happen in 2014/2015.

Today, due to inability of Buhari to show that he is competent to pilot the affair of this nation, 60% of the coalition that brought him to power had collapsed and they have left him.

DATELINE:

In 2003
Obasanjo: 24,456,140
Buhari: 12,710,022
MARGIN:12,746,118

2007
Yar'Adua: 24,638,063
Buhari: 6,605,299
MARGIN: 18,037,764

2011
Jonathan: 22,495,187
Buhari: 12,214,853
MARGIN: 10,280,334

2015
Buhari: 15,424,921
Jonathan: 12,853,162
MARGIN: 2,571,758

The margin of defeat had always been above 10 millions without coalition, even with coalition, the margin of winning is just 2.5 millions.

So, tell me now that the coalition had collapsed.

And there was a country.....

Wonders oh

desperate government

The tyrant at it again.

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When GOD makes a government mad

Best way to go.

The wicked runneth when no man pursues.

Please when going for Election on Saturday, don't carry any type of box, even Lunch Box, you can get shot at sight!
Keyamo said it is treason and an attempt to overthrow the government, punishable by death. Death of a Nigerian, the manure that APC grows on.

On Saturday, am voting a pATIKUlar candidate.

Meanwhile
THE CLAIM OF NIGERIA AS BIGGEST AFRICA ECONOMY IS FAKE NEW.
I have been browsing BBC to check, I called their enquiry lines...why are e-bots so desperate to lie.
Why will NL mod even post that fake news on front page?

ok

The only person that needs to be under watch is Buhari. I hope he doesn't commit suicide after he loses come Saturday..

panicking having lost all online polls.

to the Nigerian youths, the election is in your hands the candidate you ed will always win

Under age distribution, the document shows that youth between the ages of 18 and 35 years constitute the highest with 51.11 per cent, which is 42,938,458 voters.

Those between 36 and 50 years closely follow, constituting 29.97 per cent, which is 25,176,144.

Those between 51 and 70 years constitute 15.22 per cent, with 3,100,971 voters; while over 70 years constitute 3.69 per cent.

Fg Biting more than they can chew

Excellent!!!Thank God for this..

The dullard claims he is popular then why is he so scared of free and fair election

space booked

I Pledge to Nigeria My Country,
To disgrace ATIKU and OBI with my pvc
To be gentle, loyal on election day
To Vote BUHARI with All My Strength,
To Protect My PVC,
And Uphold No Violence and Trouble.
So Help Me God.

I'll come back to modify this when the guy below me has something reasonable to say.

Shior

Very Useless from the Government .....

People that are waiting for u to Mess up and they give u Venezuela Treatment!!

wise2odd:


to the Nigerian youth, the election is in your hands the candidate you ed will always win

I have been searching for this since last week

am atikulating sha and I hope everyone could me!

''“The Federal Government and its security agencies believe that diplomats and their embassies are meddling in the electoral exercise – an action forbidden in diplomatic circles.

“Diplomatic rules forbid diplomats from making comments on Nigeria’s internal matters. We are aware that key politicians and media also encourage this trend,” explained a top security source.

According to the source, all of the Nigerian intelligence community who frown at this trend have since put some of the diplomats under watch.

“We have no problem with anybody who brings equipment explicitly for polls monitoring, but we frown at the use of such device to compromise our national security,” the source said.

The source further stated that there would be sanctions from the Nigerian government in the event of any diplomatic infractions by embassies and diplomats.
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But it was not forbidden, for Diplomat from Niger Republic to come and campaign for Gandollar and Buhari in Kano.... Ayamnotunderstanding these rules can BMC explain...

Campaigning for a candidate or Reporting the exact situation of Election which one is interference..

I hope it's not the Russians again?

Or could the Americans be trying to do to us what they said the Russians did to them?

Let's just wait and see.

Interesting times ahead.

Buhari safe trip to Daura