With just six days to the November 11 governorship elections in Kogi, Imo and Bayelsa States, Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) in Nigeria have put certain
Relying heavily on the commitment they extracted from the Independent Electoral Commission on uploading election results on the Result Viewing Portal , the CSOs have mapped out plans, including advising Nigerians on how to gain access to the results portal, to crosscheck properly whether the election are transparent or not.
During the meeting, Yakubu hinted that the commission had accredited 145 organisations deploying 7,896 observers, just as he promised to issue accredited organisations and their observers with identity cards within days.The INEC chairman also gave details of mock accreditation involving actual voters in designated polling units in Bayelsa, Imo and Kogi States a few weeks ago.
It is the process of uploading results on the portal that the CSOs plan to keep close watch on and are advising Nigerians on how to gain access to the results portal so that they can bear witness for themselves how transparent the elections are conducted. “Yes, we are going to be monitoring the IREV. We will have access to it and every Nigerian who wants to monitor the process will have access to the IREV. INEC has published the link for the IREV. People can access the platforms. Everyone can access the platform,” Itodo said.
He stated: “What this simply implies is that the state government has effectively barred domestic and foreign observers from visiting Imo ahead of the election. For the sake of democracy in Nigeria, we hope these allegations are not true and that the purported memo is also not true, as this would present a blow to the democratisation process in Nigeria and give others in power the boldness to thwart democratic processes through barbaric acts and practices.
“Nigerians perceive this allocation as very suspicious and fear that it could be allocations to perpetrate malpractices. Hence, the federal government must explain this huge sum to Nigerians and why it is budgeting again for what has already been budgeted”.
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