APC Issues Strong Warning to INEC Over Postponement of 2023 Governorship Election, Gives Reason
- The Independent National Electoral Commission has been urged to ensure that it fixes the gaps in Nigeria's election process
- The call was made to the electoral body by the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) on Thursday, March 9
- According to the party, some of the challenges experienced during the presidential and National Assembly elections should be addressed following the postponement of the governorship and state Houses of Assembly polls
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The ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) on Thursday, March 9, said the postponement of the governorship and State House of Assembly elections by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) is an opportunity to get things right.
While stating that the party respects the electoral body's decision, APC's spokesperson, Felix Morka, urged the commission to use the period to identify gaps in the electoral process to make it hitch-free.
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The Cable reports that a statement by Morka said the postponement of the elections from March 11 to March 18 is a “necessary” decision.
His words:
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“We enjoin INEC to use the opportunity presented by the election postponement to address any gaps or hitches identified in the presidential election in order to avoid a recurrence in the March 18, election."
The emergence of Tinubu as president-elect
Morka also said the president-elect Bola Tinubu, emerged as the collective choice of Nigerians in the presidential election which was free and fair.
He said:
“We are thankful for our renewed presidential mandate, and urge our supporters and indeed all Nigerians to double down on their support for our great party, and its candidates in the upcoming gubernatorial and state assembly election.”
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The verdict ordering the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to allow two Nigerians to vote without their Permanent Voter Cards will be appealed.
Rotimi Oyekanmi, the chief press secretary to the chairman of INEC Mahmood Yakubu, made this disclosure.
Yakubu's CPS said that the commission received the court judgement on Thursday, March 9, and would take the necessary legal steps to appeal.
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The trending claim that the Labour Party (LP) presidential candidate, Peter Obi, won 19 states in the February 25 poll is misleading.
Obi, a former governor of Anambra state, came third in the presidential poll with over six million votes.
He got the highest votes in 11 states and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), but they were not enough to make him win as he lost to the All Progressives Congress (APC) candidate, Bola Tinubu, who polled over eight million votes.
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