The European Union Election Observation Mission (EU-EOM)
says it will deploy 100 observers for the forthcoming elections in Nigeria.
Speaking on Monday at a media briefing in Abuja, Barry
Andrews, chief observer of the EU-EOM, said the 100 observers would be spread
across the 36 states and the federal capital territory (FCT).
He added that on January 29, the mission deployed 40 persons
to observe the electoral processes across states, with the team including 11
experts from different fields.
“In total, around 100 observers will observe the voting,
counting, and tabulation procedures on 25 February and 11 March,” Andrews said.
“The EU EOM will
issue a preliminary statement two days after each election day and will remain
in Nigeria until the completion of the entire electoral process including
complaints and appeals processes, and any possible second round of the
presidential election.
“It is absolutely against all of the principles of our
methodology that we will in any way interfere politically with the election
debate that is going on. That is absolutely a matter for political parties and
Nigerian citizens.
“Our job here is to assess the robustness of the election
process itself, to make sure that it is inclusive to the greatest extent
possible, that all technologies are as transparent and possible.
“We will not in any
way make statements that could be perceived as politically interfering. And
that is the methodology that has been the case for many, many years.”
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