The All Progressives Congress (APC) says a report by Yiaga Africa on the simply concluded governorship election in Edo state is inaccurate.
On Monday, Yiaga mentioned the governorship election performed on September 21 failed the integrity take a look at and was manipulated.
Monday Okpebholo, governorship candidate of the APC, was declared as winner of the election.
In a press release on Tuesday, Felix Morka, spokesperson of APC, mentioned alleging that the election outcomes have been manipulated “with out onerous details and figures is a disservice to the method”.
“INEC is the only real statutory authority for the conduct and declaration of results of the election. Yiaga Africa just isn’t, and should desist from constituting itself into, a parallel company for the declaration of election outcome,” Morka mentioned.
“Yiaga Africa’s report is a travesty, replete with methodological flaws, politicized observations, inconsistencies, inaccuracies, and referred to as its credibility into query.
“Election observer missions will not be election administration companies and can’t usurp INEC’s statutory authority as the only real election administration physique in Nigeria. Doing so would represent a transparent breach of the Electoral Act and the Structure of the Federal Republic of Nigeria.
“Whereas election observer missions, like Yiaga Africa, are at liberty to share their observations in regards to the election course of with INEC and most of the people, nonetheless, declaring election outcome or second guessing outcome declared by INEC in efficiency of its statutory duties, falls past their remark mandate.”
The spokesperson mentioned the result of the election is a rejection of the “dangerous governance” of the administration led by Godwin Obaseki, outgoing governor of Edo.
