Interim national publicity secretary of
APC, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, in a statement said the party is also calling
on INEC to come clear on how the election was sabotaged from within the
electoral commission itself, with a view to establishing how entrenched
the forces of evil within the commission are and also to avert a looming
national disaster iAPC said it is now apparent that INEC is indeed not
taking seriously the opinions of Anambra residents as well as local and
foreign observers that most of the registered voters in the state were
willfully disenfranchised on Saturday.
‘’First, the electoral commission proposed make-up election in only 65 polling units in Obosi before scaling things up to a supplementary election ‘in those areas where election was cancelled’. But we say, without equivocating, that a total cancellation of the election and the organization of a fresh poll, under the supervision of a credible Resident Electoral Commissioner, will be acceptable to our party,’’ it said.
The party also challenged INEC to quickly carry out an internal investigation to determine the extent to which Saturday’s election was sabotaged and compromised to the embarrassment of the nation, saying what occurred on Saturday may actually be treasonable.
It however said is not enough for INEC chairman, Prof. Attahiru Jega, to tell the nation that an INEC official sabotaged the election in a certain part of the state, saying INEC must tell the nation fellow and who he/she is working for.
The party said the INEC chairman must also tell Nigerians why 16 Electoral Commissioners, who migrated to Anambra days before the election ostensibly to supervise things, could not ensure the success of an election in a single state, when even a polling unit behind the INEC office in Awka did not get voting materials till after 9 am on election day.
APC also accused the PDP of being an accessory to the electoral malfeasance going by the statement credited to the party that the election was free and fair.
‘’First, the electoral commission proposed make-up election in only 65 polling units in Obosi before scaling things up to a supplementary election ‘in those areas where election was cancelled’. But we say, without equivocating, that a total cancellation of the election and the organization of a fresh poll, under the supervision of a credible Resident Electoral Commissioner, will be acceptable to our party,’’ it said.
The party also challenged INEC to quickly carry out an internal investigation to determine the extent to which Saturday’s election was sabotaged and compromised to the embarrassment of the nation, saying what occurred on Saturday may actually be treasonable.
It however said is not enough for INEC chairman, Prof. Attahiru Jega, to tell the nation that an INEC official sabotaged the election in a certain part of the state, saying INEC must tell the nation fellow and who he/she is working for.
The party said the INEC chairman must also tell Nigerians why 16 Electoral Commissioners, who migrated to Anambra days before the election ostensibly to supervise things, could not ensure the success of an election in a single state, when even a polling unit behind the INEC office in Awka did not get voting materials till after 9 am on election day.
APC also accused the PDP of being an accessory to the electoral malfeasance going by the statement credited to the party that the election was free and fair.
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