The ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) had accused the main opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) of desecrating Nigeria's democracy.

The party’s national chairman, Adams Oshiomhole, said PDP's decision to probe the choice of its lawmakers in the election that produced certain principal officers of the National Assembly was undemocratic.

Speaking on Monday, during a meeting with a delegation of APC chieftains from Kano state, Oshiomhole said PDP's stance on the party’s choice of leadership in National Assembly was an aberration in a democratic nation.

“The way the manner they did, such that the PDP that was calling for the secret ballot because they didn’t want people to know how people voted are now the one conducting an enquiry who voted for who among them.”

“This is a complete violation of the essence of the secret ballot. The idea of a secret ballot is that nobody should know who voted for who. Now, PDP is going down the history as a party that seeks to investigate how people voted in the secret ballot,” the APC's national chairman chided.

Stating that the move by the PDP is a gross violation of the most basic principles of democracy with regards to the secret ballot, Oshiomhole said the north west delivered the highest number of votes to the APC presidential candidate in the last election.

“I am deliberately appreciative of the fact that you have very senior people in the two chambers of National Assembly who, by any definition could have aspired for any of those positions that have already been determined namely: Senate President, Deputy Senate President, House Speaker and deputy Speaker because if we look at the voting pattern of the country, there is no question that Kano delivered the highest number of votes,” Oshiomhole added.