Osita Chidoka, a former aviation minister and top official in the People’s Democratic Party (PDP), has criticized the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) for failing to electronically transmit election results in real time during the general elections of 2023.
On Channels TV Politics Today on Sunday, Chidoka claimed that the commission had failed “on a large scale” despite the promises made regarding the governorship elections in Anambra, Ekiti, and Osun.
IEC is a colossal embarrassment, and as a Nigerian, I’m embarrassed to be associated with it, he declared. With the elections in Anambra, Ekiti, and Osun, they made promises.
“Before the elections, i called for third-party verification of the INEC system so that we are sure that on election day, what is going to happen that day would not lead to a glitch. On election day, INEC said there was a glitch.
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“Despite not testing the system, it is a shame that INEC went to court to argue that not complying with its regulations does not make it a ground to cancel an election.”
He also stated that if INEC had transmitted the results in real life, there would be no reason for the parties to go to court.
“If the results we saw from the polling unit were the same as what we saw at the collation centres, there would be no reason to be in court.
Chidoka said there’s a possibility President Tinubu would have won the election if ‘the right thing was done.’
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