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The Independent National Electoral Commission has said that it stands on the election and reports it received from state chapters as regards the primary election conducted in Akwa Ibom North and Yobe North senatorial districts.
The electoral body through a statement signed by its National Commissioner and Chairman, Information and Voter Education Committee, Festus Okoye, advised candidates who were sidelined by the party to seek redress in court against the decision to disqualify them.
While emphasising that the commission is “funtus officio in the two cases, Okoye said that the attention of the commission had been drawn to speculations circulating online on the outcome of some of the recent primaries conducted by political parties and related issues.
It said, “The attention of the commission has been drawn to speculations circulating online on the outcome of some of the recent primaries conducted by political parties and related issues.
In particular, allegations intended to impugn the integrity of the commission have been made in respect of the Akwa Ibom North West and Yobe North senatorial districts.
“To set the record straight, the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria mandates the commission to monitor the organisation and operation of political parties, including their finances, conventions, congresses and party primaries.
“In line with its constitutional and legal obligations, the commission deployed monitors to the various constituencies and received reports of such exercise. In relation to the primaries for the Akwa Ibom North West and Yobe North Senatorial Districts, the commission stands by the reports received from our state offices.”
The electoral body said because it didn’t recognise the names submitted by the party was why he left those spaces blank when it published the names of senatorial candidates about two weeks ago.
