Why Anambra election won’t be cancelled – @INECNigeria THE Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), on Monday, said once a returning officer announced the result of any election, there is no way the electoral commission can cancel its outcome. This was as it stressed that any objection to the election results by any aggrieved person should be channeled to the courts or the election tribunal. The commission advised any political party not satisfied with results declared so far in the last Saturday governorship election in Anambra State to either go to court or the election petition tribunal to seek redress, in line with the 2010 Electoral Act, as amended. The commission also said it would soon announce dates for the supplementary election in 210 polling units spread across 16 local government areas in the state, after evaluation of the report from officials of the commission. The chief press secretary to INEC chairman, Mr Kayode Idowu, disclosed these while reacting to the call for a total cancellation of the election by candidates of some of the political parties involved. He stressed that INEC could not go back and cancel what had been announced, adding that the commission would fix a new date for the supplementary election in the 210 polling units in the state. “This is the position of the law. There is no way INEC as a commission can cancel the outcome of the Anambra governorship election, because the returning officer has announced the results. “The best option for any aggrieved political party or candidate is to take his or her grievances to the courts or election tribunal as the case may be. “The issue of supplementary election is a policy decision of the Election Management Board (EMB). When the officials come back from the election duty in Anambra, they will submit their report and the commission will study it before coming out with dates for the supplementary election,” he said. It will be recalled that candidates of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Dr Chris Ngige; Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Tony Nwoye and that of the Labour Party (LP), Ifeanyi Ubah, on Sunday, alleged that the election was marred with irregularities and was not free and fair.
Posted on: Tue, 19 Nov 2013 07:00:40 +0000
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