Several allegations of
malpractice have been made concerning the elections in both states and a group
of international observers urged that the April 11 polls be cancelled.
The Independent National
Electoral Commission (INEC) has said that it has no authority to nullify the
governorship and State Houses of Assembly elections which held in Rivers and
Akwa Ibom states.
Several allegations of
malpractice have been made concerning the elections in both states and a group
of international observers urged that the April 11 polls be cancelled.
However, Kayode Idowu, the Chief
Press Secretary to the INEC chairman, Attahiru Jega stated that the aggrieved
persons were not following the right channel to air their misgivings.
Idowu said further that once
results had been announced by the commission, only election petition tribunals
could cancel and order fresh polls.
“The law does not allow us to
cancel any result after it has been announced. Everyone knows this. It is only
the election petition tribunals that can order that or even cancelled the
elections. We would advise anyone who is aggrieved to go to the court,” Idowu
told Punch.
Jega had earlier advised persons
who were dissatisfied with the conduct and outcome of the elections to make
their complaints to the election tribunals.
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