The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has admitted, after
initial denials that ‘fake results sheets’ were found as part of the
materials deployed for the legislative rerun elections in Rivers State.
The
commission however blamed the situation on the ‘printers devil’ which
occurred during printing of the sensitive materials for the polls,
stressing that stakeholders in Rivers were briefed and all collectively
agreed to go with the exercise.
Speaking on a programme,
Political Platform on Raypower FM station Monday morning, Nick Dazang,
spokesman of INEC, confirmed that some of the materials deployed for the
Rivers rerun were discovered to contain errors at the point of
deployment.
Recall that the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in
Rivers State had on Saturday the day of polling, raised an alarm that
fake results sheets had been procured for use by the All Progressives
Congress (APC) in connivance with officials of INEC.
But the
electoral body immediately denied the allegations saying all materials
deployed for the polls were accurate and in order.
When asked by
moderators of the radio programme if INEC did not confirm the
correctness of printed materials before deployment, the spokesman said
sensitive items were only unveiled at point of use.
He also
insisted that stakeholders were informed of the challenges and all
agreed to proceed with the polls but that the commission was taken aback
when some politicians instigated disruptions and violence based on the
materials.
The INEC image maker however noted that the commission
was not in a hurry to proceed with the polls which it suspended Sunday
due to violence and threat to the lives of its staff and adhoc
officials.
INEC after initially suspending elections in 8 local
government areas, went on to declare that it had suspended the entire
exercise till further notice.
The electoral body before the
suspension however had released results in 10 state constituencies and
one federal seat with the PDP taking all but one state legislative slot.
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