Labour Party Calls for Cancellation of Presidential Election as INEC Fails to Upload Results
The Labour Party (LP) has called for the cancellation of the ongoing presidential election due to the inability of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to upload results into its server from the polling units. The national chairman of the party, Julius Abure, made the call in a statement, saying that INEC has given room for doubt in the credibility of the process.
Abure expressed concern over the inability of INEC to upload results after over 12 hours, describing it as electoral robbery. He said the Labour Party was shocked by the revelations emanating from Rivers State after the presidential and national assembly elections held on Saturday, where thugs believed to be agents of the state government invaded various polling units and collation centers, took away election materials including the results sheets, manipulated the BVAS machines, and uploaded fake results into the Central portal.
“We took particular note of incidences in places like Obio/Akpor, Khana, Eleme, Obigbo, Rumukoro, and several other areas where Labour Party was clearly leading in virtually all the polling units with very wide margins,” Abure said.
The LP chairman also mentioned Lagos and Delta as some of the states where results are allegedly manipulated. The inability of INEC to upload results is worrisome, and it has given room for doubt in the credibility of the electoral process. Therefore, the Labour Party is calling for the cancellation of the ongoing presidential election.
