Dino Melaye, the Peoples
Democratic Party (PDP) candidate in Kogi west senatorial election, has called
for the postponement of the supplementary poll scheduled for Saturday.
Addressing journalists at the
Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) headquarters in Abuja, Melaye
said the poll should be postponed until “infractions” in the November 16
election are resolved.
He was at INEC to submit another
petition against the rerun poll, having first asked the commission to cancel
it.
The rerun between Melaye and Smart
Adeyemi of the All Progressives Congress (APC) was inconclusive, and the
electoral umpire fixed a final match between the duo for Saturday.
Melaye said he returned to the
commission because it is yet to respond to his petition and that no panel has
been set up to investigate his allegations.
“What is new in what we have
submitted today is that we have attached a copy of form EC8B of ward A in
Lokoja Local Government area, where INEC, during collation, had cancelled
results of nine out of 23 polling units in the LGA,” he said.
“What we are saying is; how can
INEC cancel these polling units during collation process and they will not be
captured in places where rerun will take place?
“We believe this is an
aberration, and the INEC chairman cannot know about it and allow it to stay.”
Melaye also accused the
commission of turning a blind eye to irregularities in some other places during
the rerun election.
“Unfortunately, results were
returned in those places,” he said.
“We are saying that INEC must be
neutral and cancel elections in areas where there were violence.
“I want to say that with all
these fractions put together, INEC must, as a matter of transparency and
national interest, postpone the Saturday supplementary election.”
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