{"id":103880,"date":"2023-03-27T05:55:12","date_gmt":"2023-03-27T04:55:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/?p=103880"},"modified":"2023-03-27T05:55:12","modified_gmt":"2023-03-27T04:55:12","slug":"enugu-govship-group-wants-inec-to-withhold-issuance-of-certificate-of-return-to-governor-elect","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/news\/enugu-govship-group-wants-inec-to-withhold-issuance-of-certificate-of-return-to-governor-elect\/","title":{"rendered":"Enugu Gov&#8217;ship: Group wants INEC to withhold issuance of certificate of return to Governor-elect"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"m#msg-f:1761456310807344845\" class=\"mail-message expanded\">\n<div class=\"mail-message-header spacer\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">A group, Labour Party Coalition for True Democracy, has called on the Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Yakubu Mahmood, to withhold the Certificate of Return for the Enugu State gubernatorial election.<\/div>\n<div class=\"mail-message-content collapsible zoom-normal mail-show-images \" style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<div class=\"clear\">\n<div dir=\"auto\">\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">It also urged the INEC Boss to order a runoff and a rerun in polling units and LGAs where voting was marred by irregularities.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">At a press conference on Sunday in Abuja, the group agonized over what it described as &#8220;electoral heist that took place in Enugu on the Election Day&#8221;.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">It cited data discrepancies in areas such as Nkanu East local government area, where it alleged that the political party which was declared the winner of the gubernatorial poll emerged so with an unaccountable 30,350 votes, above the 7,190 accredited voters on the INEC IREV.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">Reading from an earlier prepared script, the coalition stated &#8220;As you may know, collation was suspended midway into the declaration of a winner of the gubernatorial election due to the malpractice that took place in Nkanu East LGA of the State.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">According to the figures gleaned from the &#8220;INEC IREV, Nkanu East LGA recorded a total number of 7,190 accredited voters on the election day.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">&#8220;However, when votes were declared, the PDP was allocated a total number of 30,350 votes while a total number of 1,855 was allocated to the Labour Party. In the same vein, other political parties were allocated fringe numbers in like manner.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">&#8220;We then ask: how could INEC have turned out a total of 33,975 votes in Nkanu East LGA that had only about 7,000 accredited voters?<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">&#8220;The ready answer is that the Electoral Act was literally thrown under the bus by writing results without recourse to the BVAS.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">&#8220;Also, in Udenu LGA, the result of the state constituency election has not been declared because there was violence in 13 polling units with a cumulative number of 7,709 potential voters with PVCs collected.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">In this case, INEC is rightly of the view that elections in those polling units will have to be conducted before a return can be made, ostensibly because the number of voters in those polling units will affect the final outcome of the result if the voters are allowed to vote&#8221;.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">It further narrated the events in Igbo-Eze South LGA where it said that an outbreak of violence in about 3 polling units with a total number of 3,326 persons with PVCs collected, prevented INEC from declaring the state constituency election result.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">According to it, other areas affected include &#8220;Nkanu West LGA, Nsukka LGA, Uzo-Uwani LGA, Igboeze North LGA, Igbo-Etiti LGA and a host of other LGAs where elections did not hold in several polling units.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">&#8220;On the whole, there are a total of 21,156 persons with PVCs yet to cast their votes across the State. This number is far huge enough to affect the final outcome of the result as declared. S. 51 (2), (3) and (4) of the Electoral Act envisage that a rerun be conducted in such circumstances.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">&#8220;Recall that in the final result as declared by the INEC, the candidate of the PDP purportedly polled a total number of 160,895 votes while the candidate of the Labour Party polled a total of 157,552 votes. In other words, the candidate of the PDP purportedly won by 3,343 votes.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">&#8220;It is therefore curious how a return was hurriedly made on the gubernatorial election when the total number of polling units where elections were yet to hold far outnumber the margin with which the candidate of the PDP was returned.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">&#8220;Recall that in Kebbi and Adamawa states where a similar scenario is in place, INEC did the right thing by declaring the election inconclusive. Why then is the case of Enugu different? Is it a case of two sets of laws for one kind of situation?<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">&#8220;Again, on the electoral heist that took place in Nkanu East LGA, I wish to draw the attention of ladies and gentlemen here that the Electoral Act in S. 51 (2) provides that where there is a proven case of over-voting in any polling unit, the verdict by the returning officer should be an outright cancellation while a fresh election is ordered.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">&#8220;We appeal to Nigerians to help us understand where the INEC in Abuja drew the power that enabled them to reduce some votes in the over-voting situation as witnessed in Nkanu East LGA.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">&#8220;It is therefore in the light of the foregoing that we wish to draw the attention of the nation to the outright robbery taking place in Enugu State.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">&#8220;Our Party, the Labour Party, has written to INEC to review the Enugu situation in line with the Electoral Act which allows for a 7 days window for application to the INEC for a review of situations of this nature.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">&#8220;It is our hope that Prof. Mahmoud Yakubu seizes the opportunity that the Enugu situation presents to clean up the already battered image of the Commission under his watch.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">While hoping that INEC does the right thing by restoring the mandate of the Enugu people freely given to the Labour Party, and by extension, Hon. 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