Era of election rigging has gone – INEC
The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, has vowed to protect the votes cast by Nigerians in the coming general elections.
The INEC revealed that the days of wanton manipulation of election results have gone.
The Chairman of the INEC, Prof Mahmood Yakubu, made the vow on Friday while expressing a keynote address at the launch of Yiaga Africa Election Result Analysis Dashboard, ERAD, Report on Electronic Transmission of Results in the 2022 Ekiti and Osun Governorship Election in Abuja, the country capital.
The chairman said that the electoral umpire has worked tirelessly to enable transparency and strengthen the confidence of Nigerian people in the election result management process.
“I can confidently say that the days of wanton manipulation of election results are clearly over.
“Yet, we are not resting on our oars knowing that we must remain several steps ahead of those who seek to undermine the system and there are many bad guys in the field trying to undermine the system, but we stand for electoral justice.
“We will make sure that the votes cast by Nigerians are protected and the only determinant of who becomes what in our democracy,” he said.
He revealed that the number of ad-hoc staff to be mobilized by the electoral commission for the forthcoming 2023 general election was far above the number of personnel of both the police and military.
