The Independent National
Electoral Commission INEC said it stands by the results it declared
regarding the Governorship election in Imo State, which threw up a
former Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives, Emeka Ihedioha as
the winner.
It said while it has
however accepted the Supreme Court verdict on the polls, its position on
the exercise, especially regarding the admittance of the controversial
results from some 388 polling units, has not changed. “The result of the
Imo election is on our website. It is in the public domain.
We have not altered what
we have on our site to reflect the judgment of the apex court because
we insist that the results the APC candidate presented were strange to
us. We never authenticated them. “However, while we do not agree with
the judgment, we have accepted it because we have no choice in the
circumstance and court orders or judgment are meant to be obeyed by the
Commission irrespective of whether we like it or not”, said the official
who demanded his identity be covered because the Commission no longer
wants to be commenting on the judgment.
Asked if he could avail
the media of results of the election including those of the 388 polling
units, the official said: “You may have to approach the Court to obtain
it. Or, you can approach the APC candidate who brought the results.
“Most importantly, I think the Police should have it because it was the
police that tendered the results in court. They tendered the results
which we disowned, so you can ask them for the results from all the
polling units in Imo state. They should have them in their archives”.
from vanguard
I still call this the biggest daylight robbery ever to occur in Nigeria.....
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