The presidential election collation of the Peoples Democratic Party, Dino Melaye has accused Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu of having rigged the presidential election
Dino Melaye spoke to journalists on Monday, February 27, 2023, at the International Conference Centre, ICC’s Collation Centre of the national electoral body after he and other party agents, including the Labour Party agent staged a work out from the collation process.
Melaye pointed out that the BVAS was not used at various areas during the Saturday’s Presidential and National Assembly elections, alleging mass thumb-printing by the All Progressives Congress, APC, at different polling units by the help of INEC.
He also lamented that the electoral umpire has failed to upload results on its server since after the conduct of the election on Saturday.
“We party agents, having observed that the INEC Chairman is determined to rig and manipulate the election by making sure that results are not uploaded by vehemently making a statement that makes it look like we’re all here to rubberstamp the fraud that has already been rigged between INEC and APC.
“We are saying we are not here to rubber-stamp the fraud. We are Nigerians and we all know that there’s no one on the server he is now saying we should wait for the process to be completed before it can be reviewed.
“Knowing fully well that once a declaration is done there can’t be any review but court. So we are completely disassociating ourselves that’s why we staged a workout. We have records of where BVAS were not used but results were pronounced.
“They cannot upload results because they know that what they will present will be in variance to what they are showing Nigerians. INEC has rigged the electoral process. The 2023 election has been rigged.”
Nigeria Decides: INEC Speaks On Lagos Violence, Gives Reason For Canceling Polls In Edo
The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, has spoken on the violence that erupted in some areas in Lagos during the presidential and National Assembly elections on Saturday, February 25, 2023.
There were pockets of violence in some areas in Lagos on Saturday as thugs attacked polling units and destroyed election materials.
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Addressing the press at the International Conference Centre, ICC, in Abuja on Saturday, the Chairman of the Commission, Prof Mahmood Yakubu said that elections have been countermanded in some federal constituencies in Edo State.
He said the reason for countermanding the election in Esan North and Esan South was because of the missing logo of a political party on the ballot paper.
“We are aware of violence and destruction of elections materials at Mafoluku, Agege, Oshodi, and Elegushi. We have been able to normalise the situation in a number of places where election is currently ongoing,” he said.
“So we keep our eyes in the processes in the other areas that I have mentioned,” he said.
He continued “In Edo State, we handled a situation yesterday where one of the political parties whose acronym is on the ballot and the logo is not on the ballot paper in a federal constituency and after meeting with stakeholders, a decision was taken since the materials were intact to countermand the election. So we have suspended the election in Esan North, Esan South, and Igueben.”
Source: Daily Post
