[NEWS] The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) might not be favourably disposed to going ahead with the March 28th presidential election after all.

A report by Punch says the leadership of the ruling party has
already mapped out strategies aimed at ensuring that the election
do not hold at the re- scheduled date.
The report claimed that the PDP was actually behind the new Young
Democratic Party (YDP), a party that came into the consciousness
of Nigerians after it won a court case compelling the Independent
National Electoral Commission (INEC) to re-print the ballot papers
for the election so as to accommodate them on Wednesday
The YDP had in a press conference on Thursday asked INEC to
postpone the forthcoming general election if it could not
accommodate it on its ballot paper. The Federal High Court in Abuja
had also ordered the electoral umpire to register YDP as a political
party
Speaking on behalf of the party, the National Publicity Secretary of
YDP, Mr. Ugo Nwofor, said, “If INEC does not have the appropriation
for logistics for reprinting of its ballot papers then INEC ought to
within the constitutional provision further re-schedule the general
election so as to accommodate our party.
“In either of the two options, our party is ready, it has been a long
journey for YDP; we wish INEC would explore the first option.”
Moments after the press briefing, one of the leaders
of the YDP was sighted at the national headquarters of the PDP in
Abuja, where he said he had come to confer with some of its
officers.
In a confidential discussion with Punch, he was at the Wadata
House to brief PDP chieftains on the success of their legal work.
The next day, he told the publication on the telephone
that they were planning a fresh legal option to compel INEC to
comply with the court order.
According to him, “Recall that I was at the national headquarters of
the ruling party in Abuja on Thursday where I met our partners. We
are working together to move the nation forward and deepen our
renascent democracy.
“We have already fixed the dates for our convention and we would
pick our presidential and other candidates for the elections. We
expect INEC to give us a chance as stated in the court order.”
However, it was learnt that one of the strategies of the PDP is to
head for the court and ask that the presidential election be set aside,
by pleading that YDP was excluded.
Efforts made to speak with the National Publicity Secretary of the
PDP, Mr. Olisa Metuh on the issue failed. He neither picked nor
responded to a text message sent to him.