The Obi-Datti Presidential Campaign has raised alarm over alleged attempts by the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, to alter the real results of the Federal Capital Territory in favour of Bola Ahmed Tinubu, the candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the Feb. 25th presidential election.
Manager of the Labour Party Presidential Campaign, Mr. Oseloka H. Obaze raised the alarm in a tweet on Saturday, warning INEC against tempering with IRev as it concerns the Federal Capital Territory.
INEC had declared Tinubu ‘president-elect’ even though he failed to get 25% of the votes in Abuja, as stipulated in the constitution. Then the electoral body had argued that it was to necessary.
In any case, Obaze said that intelligence reaching the Campaign office shows that INEC is trying to yield to pressure to tamper with the results of some states, including the FCT, to favour the ruling APC – in view of the fact that the whole thing is now being checked by the Presidential Election Tribunal.
Both Obi and the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, are challenging the declaration of Tinubu as the winner of the election.
A statement from the Obi-Datti Media Office signed by its Head, Diran Onifade, quoted Obaze as saying, “According to our source, INEC is tempering with the machines used in the election to adjust FCT results to give the APC candidate, the much-needed 25%, which he did not get as per the initial INEC declaration and for which he is being challenged at the Presidential election tribunal.
“It’s not clear how the Electoral Commission can brazenly carry out such bizarre action but given the abracadabra they did to announce the APC Candidate winner by 4 a.m., there is nothing to be taken for granted.
“Mr. Obaze warns that INEC and the ruling APC may be taking the adherence to the rule of law and due process disposition of Nigerians in general and the Obidient Movement in particular for granted, but it would be courting catastrophe for them to want to pour salt into an open wound inflicted on Nigeria’s electorate.”
Obaze, a retired United Nations diplomat reminded INEC that what they are trying to do is tantamount to raising a dead horse and that whether reports were fake or real, the commission should know the level of public confidence in them has long been eroded.
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