The Independent National
Electoral Commission, INEC, has said that it lived up to its constitutional
mandate in the conduct of the November governorship and supplementary elections
in Kogi against widespread disaffection.
Alhaji Ahmed-Bagudu Biambo, the
Director, Voter Education and Publicity (VEP) in Kogi office of the commission
disclosed this at a post-election dialogue on Kogi State governorship election
on Thursday in Lokoja.
The dialogue was organised by an
International Non-Governmental Organisation, Search For Common Ground (SEARCH)
for electoral stakeholders to address unresolved issues arising from the
elections.
Biambo who absolved INEC of any
wrongdoing said the commission had properly organised, supervised and conducted
the elections, including the supplementary elections in line with its
constitutional mandate.
The Commission, he said, provided
all the electoral materials, the logistics and ensured that they were deployed
on time to the various polling units, accreditation and voting commenced at the
right time.
He said the violence, thuggery
and other malpractices that erupted in the later part of the exercise, what
went wrong and why, INEC could not be held responsible as it would not have
answers to the questions.
Abdullahi Mohammed, the state
Director of National Orientation Agency (NOA) said there was a missing link in
the nation’s electoral system and that possibly explained the widespread
violence during the election.
He said that the Agency was
conducting an independent review of the election to identify what transpired.
adding that though there were issues, he believed the issues were surmountable.
Kabir Gwarzo, a Deputy
Commissioner of Police (DCP), who represented Mr Hakeem Busari, the state
Commissioner of Police said the November 16 election presented and opportunity
for the police to learn some lessons.
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