Former presidential spokesperson and Arise TV anchor, Reuben Abati, has called on the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, to explain to Nigerians why the Edo State Chairman of the All Progressives Congress, APC, allegedly served as the commission’s observer in the just concluded Ekiti State governorship election.
The Edo APC Chairman, Jarret Tenebe, was captured in a viral
video wearing a vest associated with INEC while allegedly serving as an
accredited election observer.
The development has sparked controversies with concerned
Nigerians accusing the electoral umpire of rigging the election in favour of
the ruling party.
Reacting during the Morning Show Program on Tuesday, Abati
questioned how Tenebe was accredited to serve as an INEC observer.
He said, “The APC chairman who was adorned in INEC
accredited uniform, I probably think that is for fashion but the election
observers are supposed to be non-partisan.
“They should be neutral and unbiased, that is why many of
them are drawn from non-governmental organizations.
“But the APC chairman is a partisan person wearing an INEC
uniform. That is the source of the controversy. INEC owes Nigerians an
explanation.
“How did the uniform get to him? Who accredited him as an
observer? Under what circumstances did he become an observer?”
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