The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has revealed that it would not share the responsibility of appointing collation and returning officers with groups, individuals or political parties.
INEC’s National Commission and Chairman, Information and Voter Education Committee, Mr Festus Okoye, said this on Thursday in an interview with NAN in Abuja while reacting to some concerns by the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, over an alleged attempt to compromise the outcome of the poll.
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According to him, the INEC had a clear procedure of appointing collation and returning officers.
Recall that the Chairman of the PDP Ondo State Gubernatorial National Campaign Council, Seyi Makinde, who is also the Governor of Oyo State, had raised the alarm on Thursday in Akure, the state capital.
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