By Gabriel Kekong
Labour Party (LP) has called on the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to redeem itself from the alleged disgraceful performance of Saturday’s voting of the ongoing presidential and parliamentary elections in the country.
LP described as disgraceful the inability of the INEC to provide adequate and timely logistics and also ensure that results are uploaded to their site on time as disgraceful.
While thanking Nigerians for coming out enmass to support and vote for the party and it’s Presidential candidate Peter Obi, the party in a statement by Akin Osuntokun Director General, Labour Party Presidential Campaign Council called on the electoral umpire not to throw the country into crises.
He noted that several polling units were unable to conduct election due to violence. He called on INEC no to cave in to the pressure by desperate politicians but ensure that the will of the people is upheld.
He said, “We note that many polling units in Rivers State, Imo state, Delta state, and Lagos state did not vote because INEC did not send any voting materials and officials to this places.
“In the case of Unit 16, Ward 53 at Ogbogoro Secondary in Obio-Akpo LGA with more than 700 voters who are strong Labour Party supporters. This selective disenfranchisement violates the constitutional rights of Nigeria and a deliberate plan to deny Labour Party of deserved sweeping victory at the polls.
“At this point we want to alert Nigerians that the rest lies on INEC. INEC’s performance in this election has been disgraceful. We are sad that there is unnecessary delay in transmitting results from across the country. We are alerting INEC that Nigerian youths are impatient and would not accept any deliberate failure to transmit the real results. Nigerian people will not accept any later transmission of fake results. We have received intelligence of effort being made in Imo State, Rivers State, Lagos State, and several other states to compromise the results.
“Anyone who pays attention to the mood of Nigerian people know that the people-north, south, east and west- are tired. They want a better future for their people. They want Nigeria that works for all citizens and they will resist any conspiracy by INEC and the status quo politicians to overthrow their sovereign will.
“We call on INEC to quickly upload the results of the pooling units. INEC leadership should resist the attempt by Governors and leading politicians in these states to subvert the will of the people. We call on Nigerian to be vigilant and note that INEC is the one now pushing the country to the precipices of violence by its deliberate inefficiency and failures to implement the provisions of the electoral law”.
