The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, was Sunday
blamed for allegedly participating in the rigging of the April 2011
general elections in the country.
Political parties made the allegation during a two-day public hearing
by the INEC Registration and Election Review Committee on the 2011
election.
In their separate submissions to the committee, political parties in
attendance excluding PDP and ANPP faulted INEC for almost all the
various forms of riggings witnessed during the elections.
Ali Dogara of the Congress for Progressive Change, CPC, faulted INEC
officials for accepting to register under-aged children during the
registration exercise which “paved way for the rigging process,” saying
that in some polling units ballot papers were found inside ballot boxes
already “thump-printed to favour a particular party.’’
He said, “it is very unfortunate that despite the promises by the
commission that it would punish any of its officials found to have
participated in election rigging or malpractices, no serious measures
was taken against those offenders (that registered under-aged children
for the election), which would have served as deterrent to others.
“Some states imposed unnecessary curfew, which was aimed at
intimidating voters and the opposition parties, so that the ruling
People’s Democratic Party, PDP, will be able to rig the election”.
Also, the Bauchi State APGA Chairman, Alhaji Adamu Danjuma faulted
INEC for the late arrival of election materials, alleging that most of
the ad-hoc staff used by INEC were not properly trained on how to
operate computers that resulted to a lot of people not being registered
for the election.
Source: Vanguardngr
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