The candidate of the Social Democratic Party (SDP) in the last presidential election, Prince Adewole Adebayo has berated the Independent National Election Commission (INEC), over the conduct of last Saturday’s off-cycle elections in Imo Bayelsa and Kogi states respectively.
Adebayo lamented that the elections ought to have been very simple considering the fact that it was only in three states unlike what was obtained in February and March when elections were conducted in the 36 states plus the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja.
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Consequently, he has given the electoral body seven days to review the results of the Kogi elections or risk being seen as an agency not serious about conducting credible elections and determined to waste citizens’ time.
He also noted that if the review is done properly and thoroughly, his party, the SDP, would continue to be law-abiding irrespective of whether it favours them or not.
“Even if the review doesn’t favour us, we are SDP and a law-abiding party and we respect the country, so we will abide by it. But if it is not done or poorly done, we would take extra steps to call on the judiciary to intervene and look into it, and we are making sure that we narrow our claim to the judiciary on the things we are sure of,” he added.