PANDEF Knocks INEC Over Shift In Guber, Assembly Polls News
PANDEF in a statement issued in Port Harcourt by its national publicity secretary, Ken Robinson, said the manner INEC postponed the election less than 12 hours after a High Court judgement raised further doubts about the commission’s sincerity and honesty in the electoral process.
The forum said; “Pan Niger Delta Forum says the manner in which the Independent National Electoral Commission postponed the governorship and state Houses of Assembly elections earlier scheduled for March 11, soon after securing the court’s approval, last Wednesday to reconfigure its Bimodal Voter Accreditation System devices is rather Machiavellian and raises further doubts about the commission’s sincerity and honesty of purpose in the electoral process.
“PANDEF notes that it was less than 72 hours to the scheduled governorship and state assembly elections before the Court of Appeal, Abuja granted INEC the relieve they sought on the grounds that if not given they won’t be able to hold the elections and they gave the impression that the elections would hold as scheduled, but after the judgment, they suddenly shifted the elections; this has created room for more misgiving.
“It recalls that various reputable organisations, both local and international, had scored the performance of INEC in the February 25, 2023 presidential and National Assembly election as far below expectations.
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