Kogi/Bayelsa: Deployment Of Electoral Commissioners With Integrity Issues Will Jeopardise Credibility Of Polls – PDP
BY SEGUN ADEBAYO, ABUJA – The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), on Monday cautioned the Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, to note that the deployment of officials with known integrity issues is capable of triggering crisis and jeopardizing the credibility of the electoral process.
The PDP said that it important to state that Kogi and Bayelsa elections present an opportunity for INEC to show that it has become committed to free, fair and credible election without being influenced or manipulated.
The opposition Party which stated these while reacting to the deployment of additional National Electoral Commissioners as well as Resident Electoral Commissioners (RECs), from other states, to Kogi and Bayelsa for the November 16, 2019 governorship elections in the two states, stressed that it is instructive to let the INEC hierarchy know that it (PDP) already has a due diligence report on each of the commissioners.
The opposition Party whose position was contained in a statement by its National Publicity Secretary, Kola Ologbondiyan, said that while it recognises that some of the Commissioners are of clean records in their previous responsibilities, there are others who are known to be of questionable character and fared far below expectations in their responsibility.
The PDP therefore invites the INEC Chairman to rescue whatever is left of the commission’s image with the Kogi and Bayelsa states elections by allowing the will of the people to prevail.
