One Week After, INEC Fails to Explain Discrepancies in Presidential Poll Figures - THISDAYLIVE via thisdaylive
One week after the Independent National Electoral Commission declared President Muhammadu Buhari of the All Progressives Congress as the president-elect, the electoral umpire has failed to provide explanations on discrepancies noted in the results of the February 23 presidential election it announced last Wednesday.
Also, in order to ensure voters were not disenfranchised, the commission adopted simultaneous accreditation and voting, which it believed, would save time and also discourage discrepancies, but this was not to be, considering what was witnessed during the exercise. For days THISDAY pressed senior INEC officials, including the Chief Press Secretary to the chairman, Mr. Rotimi Oyekanmi; Director of Voter Education and Publicity, Mr. Oluwole Osaze-Uzi; and National Commissioner and Chairman Voter Education and Publicity, Mr. Festus Okoye, to clarify the discrepancies, including the need for the commission to publish the total accreditation captured by the SCR, but met a brick wall.
“We also believe that the difference between the accredited voters and the votes cast, which came to about 750,000 votes requires an issue to be looked into. But despite the protest by the PDP, Yakubu said the commission would deliberate on it before taking a decision. “From there, the figures were adding up at the ward level, which we have 8,809 nationwide. From there to the local government of which we have 774, and then the state declaration or collation centre and the FCT making a total of 37, before coming up to Abuja.
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