The Independent National
Electoral Commission (INEC) has reacted to the allegation by the Peoples
Democratic Party (PDP) that it was replacing election servers in its
headquarters and state offices across the federation.
The party had, in a statement by
its National Publicity Secretary, Kola Ologbondiyan, claimed that the
replacement was part of plot by the electoral umpire to obliterate the actual
presidential election results transmitted from the polling centres across the
nation.
But in a swift reaction, the
electoral commission described the allegation as baseless and untrue.
Rotimi Oyekanmi, the Chief Press
Secretary to Prof. Yakubu Mahmood, the INEC Chairman, in a terse statement
yesterday, said the commission would not trade words with the party on the
matter since it was already before the court.
He said: “The allegation is
baseless and uncalled for. The [commission] has maintained that it will not
join issues with the PDP in the media on a petition that the party had already
filed in court, in respect of the 2019 presidential election.
“Rather than issuing press
statements and addressing press conferences on the same petition on a daily
basis, the PDP should allow the legal process to run its full course.”
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