Ikenga Ugochinyere, a spokesperson of the Coalition of United Political Parties (CUPP), asked that the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) should halt the collation of presidential election results.
This was due to concerns raised by many quarters over the non-functionality of the
Bimodal Voter Verification System (BVAS) and missing results on the INEC result viewing portal, among others.
According to Ugochinyere’s statement on Tuesday, the ongoing exercise violated section 64(4) of the electoral act.
A member-elect of the house of representatives said:
“Presidential collation exercise so far unconstitutional and an invitation to anarchy.
“The ongoing collation of presidential election results are
unconstitutional and a possible invitation to the anarchy
that must be averted now by immediate halt.
“As a constitutional lawyer, foremost advocate for credible
election and spokesman of CUPP, I have come to the
conclusion to advise that in the national interest that
collation of presidential election results be halted in view
of compromise and violation of provision of section 64(4)
of the electoral act.
“Clearly, the results being collated were not transmitted
directly from the polling units but cooked by rouge governors who were the same elements behind the Omuma magic compromise of the voters register and should be stopped before this illegal throws Nigeria into national confusion.”
Earlier, former president Olusegun Obasanjo said
elections that have been marred with irregularities should
be rescheduled.
Obasanjo appealed to President Muhammadu Buhari to prevail over the Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission, Mahmood Yakubu, to stop the process and rectify the allegations raised against it from many quarters.
