Vice Presidential candidate of
the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in February 23, Presidential election Mr.
Peter Obi has reacted to Monday’s Presidential Election tribunal’s rejection of
the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, legal team request to inspect the server of
the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, describing the
commission’s behavior as unfortunate.
Obi, in a statement, said he had
always respected the ruling of courts even where it was not favourable, but
find it shocking that in this day and age, INEC who is supposed to be an
independent umpire of an election will argue against subjecting itself to
scrutiny “when ordinary referees in a football match subject themselves to
Video Assisted Referee, VAR, and even go further to visit it to enable them
make more informed decisions”.
He noted that with the
development, it would be extremely difficult for INEC to convince any
discerning mind that it set out to conduct a free and fair poll when it takes
strange positions that clearly show otherwise to critical members of the
public.
Obi said the situation was
particularly more worrisome that it was coming at a time most of the
international bodies that monitored the election were giving it low mark.
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