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2023 Election

INEC blames political parties for 2023 election, won't apologise

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has refused to apologise to Nigerians over the widespread issues that plagued the Febru...

Chima Joseph Ugo
Chima Joseph Ugo - Editor-in-chief March 13, 2023
Updated March 13, 2023 at 10:53 AM
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INEC blames political parties for 2023 election, won't apologise
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has refused to apologise to Nigerians over the widespread issues that plagued the February 25 elections. INEC said political parties and politicians should also be held responsible for their subpar performance. 

Both the Peoples Democratic Party and the Labour Party have accused the ruling All Progressives of violence, voter intimidation, and electoral fraud. The APC, in turn, accused the PDP and Labour Party of rigging.

INEC expressed dissatisfaction with its failure to upload the presidential election results on its server in real time while blaming political parties and politicians for the outcome. 

When asked if the commission would apologise to Nigerians for failing to upload the election results, Festus Okoye, spokesman for INEC, said that "The issue of apology or no apology does not arise. We have made it very clear that we are not happy with what happened with the result uploaded on February 25 presidential and National Assembly elections."

Mr Okoye stated this during an interview on Channels TV Sunday night. Blaming political parties and politicians, he said, "Let me make it clear that the conduct of (the) election is a multi-stakeholder venture. Yes, we are at the receiving end now, but the political parties have their role to play to make sure we have a good electoral process."

Mr Okoye noted that "it is some of the political parties and some of their candidates that made the atmosphere at the polling unit inaccessible in such a way that voters cannot" have a good voting experience on election day. 

He added, "So we need to also talk to the political parties to talk to their agents to abide by the code of conduct and the peace accord they have signed so that Nigerians can go to polling units on election day without challenges and so that our officials can deploy and deploy without any fear and any arm befalling them."

INEC had promised to upload election results in real-time using BVAS devices to IReV. On election day, the upload of the results of the presidential elections was sporadic, with INEC claiming technical glitches. The commission has, however, taken steps to rectify some of the challenges it faced and ensure that such issues do not recur in the March 18 governorship and state assembly elections.

Tags: 2023 Election, Politics

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