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Timi Frank, former Associate Secretary of Advertising for the All Progressive Congress, APC, asked Professor Mahmood Yakubu, chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), on Monday, and the chief of staff of the National Assembly. Buratai, to prove their neutrality in the next month of February Elections on March 16 and 2 by allowing free, fair and credible elections.
He added that instead of the military intimidating him by asking for his arrest, they should tell Nigerians whether Buratai had attended a midnight meeting with President Muhammadu Buhari on Sunday or not.
Frank also asked Yakubu to tell Nigerians that it was by chance that he was seen on national television wearing a cap wearing the symbol of the APC broom, which was only a reflection of his support undisguised to the candidacy of President Muhammadu Buhari for reelection.
In a statement that he signed and forwarded to DAILY POST, Frank said, "I can not be intimidated. I am not afraid to be arrested. Nigeria needs free, fair and credible elections, necessary to secure peace, support democracy and develop the country.
"Let me add that the CENI has a sacred obligation for Nigerians and the world to allow votes in the next elections to count, instead of its president openly taking part in attending suspicious meetings with PMB and displaying the symbols of the APC campaign.
"Let Mahmood Yakubu prove to Nigerians that he is not in favor of the APC by allowing the transparency and impartiality of his staff in the presidential elections and in the National Assembly. Saturday, February 16, and the governor and state elections on March 2.
"Let the army chief of staff prove to the Nigerians that the army plays no role in the upcoming elections by preventing his men from being used to intimidate and arrest the leaders. from the opposition or to help deceive in favor of the APC.
"Let the SFOC tell Nigerians that the ongoing mbadive deployment of military personnel in opposition strongholds across the country is not intended to intimidate opposition leaders in order APC to earn unduly as they had done in the elections of the governors of Ekiti and Osun states.
"I stand by my statement about the very suspicious midnight meeting with PMB and its main collaborators. No threat or intimidation measure will prevent me from sounding the alarm when acts contrary to the peaceful and successful conduct of the next elections will materialize.
"Let me ask again INEC to hold free, fair and credible elections on February 16 and March 2, 2019. I also urge the military to be clear by focusing on their constitutional mandate before, during and after the 2019 elections. "
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