NATIONAL leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Senator Bola Tinubu, on Tuesday, said there was no credible alternative to using the card reader for the forthcoming general election.

The former Lagos State governor also accused the ruling Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) of alleged plot to kidnap the election result by its disavowal to the deployment of the said card reading technology.

In a statement signed by him, Tinubu predicted PDP’s loss at the poll, adding that the reality of same was responsible for the party’s objection to the card reader.

He noted that the technology might not deliver 100 per cent as being envisaged by PDP, but the alternative to it, according to him, was better imagined.

Tinubu accused the opposing side of clamouring for the retention of the old order of voter identification, to allegedly explore its several flaws and loopholes for political advantage and brigandage.

“Desperation surges within the presidency and PDP camp. Postponing the election to March 28, this group thought they had bought added time to alter the electoral equation in their favour.

“They were frightened that February 14 would have been their demise. Four weeks out of the six week delay, they have not found the elixir they craved. The date change has not changed the electoral dynamic in their favour.

“How could they think a mere six weeks would return to them the precious goodwill they had so meanly squandered? They now discover there is likely no sudden alteration that can repair the mess they have made of things.

“The extra time has only been a temporary stay of execution of the people’s sovereign will against a desolate government that has been more hindrance than help to the people it once vowed to serve,” he was quoted to have said.

He lamented that the administration should have invested its energy now being expended in these last few weeks in governing the people for six years.