Prof Attahiru Jega yesterday said there won’t be anything like fresh election but the supplementary the commission promised earlier in Anambra State gubernatorial election. The Independent Electoral Commission boss fixed 30th of November for as the date.

He rejected the call by the All Progressives Congress, APC, that the election should be cancelled. There’s no sufficient ground to warrant the cancellation of the election. INEC had last Monday declared the result of the Saturday, November 16, governorship election in the state inconclusive after cancelling the polls in 210 polling units across the state.

You’ll recall the All Progressive Ground Alliance (APGA) was the leading party in the pool, and the other major parties were PDP and ACN

It’s interesting to see the body admits its shortfalls even despite the rigorous efforts put in place and the holistic pro-active steps the commission as heavily invested in. In the words of Prof Jega,

INEC prepared for that election more than it had ever prepared for any election, but there is no doubt that INEC’s operational capability could not be said to be its best. But we did our best under very difficult circumstances.

“Nigerians are aware that the Returning Officer for the election, Prof James Epoke while announcing the results of that election declared it inconclusive and announced that there would be a supplementary election.

“We regret that there is no other decision that could be taken by the Commission other than to conduct a supplementary election in the areas where elections were cancelled.”