The Chairman of the Akwa Ibom State chapter of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Ini Okopido, has called for the cancellation of the Saturday’s elections in the state.
Results released by the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, so far showed that the ruling Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, swept through the state.
However, Okopido said the elections did not meet the requirements of the Electoral Act 2010, hence should be cancelled.
In a statement he issued, Okopido said: “The Akwa Ibom State chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC), having reviewed all the field reports from its unit agents who participated in the Presidential and National Assembly elections of 23 February 2019, hereby states as follows:
“That the elections purported to have been held in the state on the aforementioned date should be cancelled outright for the following reasons:
“Failure to, in particular, to deliver election materials to designated RACK Centres as announced by INEC to all political parties in a briefing by the Resident Electoral Commissioner a few days to the elections, thereby misleading party members to wait in vain in those designated centres while the state REC in collusion with his Electoral Officers and the PDP delivered the said election materials illegally to the homes of PDP leaders for illegal thumb printing of the ballots
“Failure of INEC in Akwa Ibom State to comply with the requirements of the Electoral Act 2010 (as Amended) for the conduct of elections which specifies the use of the card reader for the accreditation of voters, a requirement that was blatantly disregarded.
“That in light of the above, we hereby state that the said elections were not conducted according to law in the state.
“That given the above grounds, the purported elections be cancelled and a new date set for fresh Presidential and National Assembly elections in the state.”
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