The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has called on the Chairman of the
Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, Mahmood Yakubu to
vacate office.
PDP explained that Yakubu should vacate office because the country’s
electoral system under his leadership was marred with the invasion of
polling units, suppression of voters and stuffing of snatched ballot
boxes.
In a statement by its spokesperson, Kola Ologbondiyan, the PDP
accused INEC of canceling results and allegedly allocating fabricated
results to political parties.
The statement reads: “The INEC Chairman should accept his failures and vacate office without
further delay. This is because there is no way Nigerians can continue to repose confidence in the commission under his watch.
“Of course, not under an electoral commission that condones the
invasion of polling units, suppression of voters and stuffing of
snatched ballot boxes; an INEC that cancels results in places where
election held peacefully while announcing fabricated results allocated
to its favored
political party as valid votes.
“The PDP totally rejects attempts by INEC to shift the blames for its
failures to other political parties. It is on record that our party had
consistently pointed to infractions created and allowed by INEC to
facilitate rigging in elections.
‘While calling on Nigerians to remain calm, the PDP charges Prof.
Yakubu and the INEC leadership under him to do the needful by vacating
offices to save our electoral system from complete collapse.”