INEC must explain failure to upload results – Coalition

Agroup, Coalition for Unity and Peace, has asked the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to explain to Nigerians the real reasons it failed to upload polling units results to the results viewing portal as promised.

Rising from their meeting in Abuja, the coalition, which had prominent Nigerians, including former governors, former ministers, serving and former members of the National Assembly, ambassadors, captains of industry, women and youth leaders, said INEC needs to inform Nigerians about effort to stop a repeat of what happened during the last election on March 11.

Reading their draft communique to journalists in Abuja yesterday, an ex-lawmaker and protem Secretary General of the coalition, Dr. Cairo Ojougboh, enjoined the leaders of various political parties to sustain dialogue amongst themselves, even as they pursue other constitutional avenues to address perceived differences during the election.

Ojougboh flanked by Senator Ita Enang and Ambassador Godknows Igali noted that the meeting discussed principally, the outcome of the Presidential and National Assembly Elections, as well as other critical matters of national importance.

The coalition noted “the efforts of INEC for improvement in the electoral process, which ensured peaceful outcomes, but however, joined millions of Nigerians “to express serious concerns that INEC was unable to deliver on its promises to deploy the best of technology, including electronic transmission of results.”

The coalition condemned “the resort to violence in a few incidents, including loss of lives and calls for full investigation into all cases and sanctioning of the masterminds.”