{"id":136690,"date":"2024-11-03T08:23:17","date_gmt":"2024-11-03T07:23:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/uncategorized\/edo-guber-inec-failed-nigerians-must-be-held-accountable-rights-group"},"modified":"2024-11-03T09:30:24","modified_gmt":"2024-11-03T08:30:24","slug":"edo-guber-inec-failed-nigerians-must-be-held-accountable-rights-group","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/edo-guber-inec-failed-nigerians-must-be-held-accountable-rights-group","title":{"rendered":"Edo guber: INEC failed Nigerians, must be held accountable \u2013 Rights group"},"content":{"rendered":"

Africa-Press – Nigeria. <\/strong><\/span>The Executive Director, TAP Initiative, Martins Obono, has accused the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) of being actively involved in rigging the 2024 Edo State governorship election.<\/p>\n

It could be recalled that Monday Okpebholo of the All Progressives Congress, APC, defeated the Peoples Democratic Party candidate, Asue Ighodalo, in the keenly contested election.<\/p>\n

However, appearing on Arise Television\u2019s Morning Show, Obono presented what he claimed to be \u201cdamning, incontrovertible evidence\u201d of INEC\u2019s role in an alleged conspiracy that could shake Nigeria\u2019s electoral foundation.<\/p>\n

While presenting documents, he said: \u201cWhen we compared the CTCs from INEC with iREV\u2019s records, we uncovered something staggering.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt appears INEC produced a shadow set of result sheets to substitute the real ones.<\/p>\n

\u201cThey bear identical serial numbers, yet the iREV results are signed by party agents, while the CTCs are mysteriously unsigned.\u201d<\/p>\n

Obono then revealed that TAP Initiative had enlisted a world-renowned forensic handwriting expert, whose expertise is sought by the Nelson Mandela Foundation, to scrutinise the CTCs.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe expert confirmed that several CTCs were filled out by a single individual,\u201d Obono stated.<\/p>\n

\u201cOne person sat down and forged these results. We were stunned. Democracies are built on trust in our institutions. If INEC can betray that trust, what does it mean for our future?\u201d He alleged.<\/p>\n

Obono contended that the alleged manipulation \u201cwasn\u2019t just election fraud, it was institutionalised rigging, a level of deception never seen before in Nigeria.<\/p>\n

\u201cFor years, we suspected rogue actors in political parties. But this time, it\u2019s the very institution entrusted to protect our democracy, INEC, that is subverting it.<\/p>\n

\u201cCitizens need to believe in the system, or democracy fails. This isn\u2019t about one election; it\u2019s about the soul of our democracy.\u201d<\/p>\n

He called on the Independent Corrupt Practices Commission (ICPC) to pursue a comprehensive investigation, stressing, \u201cThis cannot stand. If INEC\u2019s actions go unpunished, it will form the playbook for all future elections.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe fought too hard for this democracy to allow it to be dismantled by those who should protect it.\u201d<\/p>\n

According to Obono, the 2022 Electoral Act has strengthened oversight over political actors but has failed to apply the same accountability standards to INEC itself.<\/p>\n

\u201cThose involved in this scandal must face the law.<\/p>\n

\u201cNigeria\u2019s democracy depends on the integrity of its institutions, and if INEC has abandoned that, it\u2019s our duty to hold them accountable,\u201d he declared.<\/p>\n

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