No amount of falsehood will distract us, says Bayelsa REC

Sodiq Omolaoye (Abuja) and Julius Osahon (Yenagoa)

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has declared that it would amount to contravening the Electoral Act if it disqualified Kogi State Governor Yahaya Bello from participating in the November 16 ballot due to alleged double registration.
According to the electoral umpire, the Electoral Act does not provide for disqualification as a penalty for committing such an offence. Recall that the commission had, in 2017, accused Governor Bello of double voter registration and said he would have been prosecuted but for his immunity.

INEC had also dismissed two of its officials for alleged roles in the electoral scandal. But clarifying why Mr. Bello is allowed to contest the election, having been indicted, INEC chairman, Mahmood Yakubu, during a quarterly consultative meeting with the media in Abuja, Wednesday stated: “Under the Electoral Act, double registration is not a condition to disqualify a candidate. In any case, the action we took on the part of the officials that were indicted were administrative based on the terms and conditions of service.

“The action we need to take on non-staff of the commission is to prosecute and we cannot prosecute someone with constitutional immunity. We can only prosecute based on the provision of the Electoral Act.”

Yakubu also dismissed the allegation by the Bayelsa State Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) governorship candidate, Senator Douye Diri, that the commission was conniving with the All Progressives Congress (APC) to influence the list of Supervisory Presiding Officers (SPOs) deployed for the poll. He described the allegations as baseless and hearsay, adding that the PDP should come forward with evidence if it had any.

Meanwhile, the Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC) in charge of Bayelsa, Monday Tom, has declared that no amount of falsehood against his person and INEC would distract him and the commission from conducting a credible election in the state.The REC, who was addressing the media at the commission’s state headquarters in Yenagoa yesterday, said he remained focused on achieving the commission’s mandate and would not join issues with ‘persons who want to win election at all costs by running other persons down.”

He was reacting to accusation by the PDP Campaign Organisation in the state, that he was colluding with APC to rig the November 16 election in the state.The PDP had, in a statement, called on the INEC chairman to prevail on Tom not to give the commission a bad name.


https://guardian.ng/politics/why-we-didnt-disqualify-bello-by-inec/

just tell us you don have balls to do so

Laws are made for the poor

Qualified or Disqualified? We the people of Kogi State say No to the continue rule of tyrant, vision less, and unrepentant thief's like Bello and Edward his chief of staff. war 4 war, blood for blood, thugs for thugs, the PDP are ready to oust the idiots from power.

Teacher Don't Teach Me Nonsense

Just imagine what INEC is saying simply because they're trying no to offend the powers that be. All these impunity will be tidy up someday.

Hmmm

AccessME:
Qualified or Disqualified? We the the people of Kogi State say No to the continue rule of tyrant, vision less, and unrepentant thief's like Bello and Edward his chief of staff. war 4 war, blood for blood, thugs for thugs, the PDP are ready to oust the idiots from power.

After saying this on election Day u be monitoring d election from d comfort of ur house through nairaland

If yahaya were PDP!!!

Whatelse is new?

This Yakubu is a sellout. So you mean yahaya Bello will be allowed to vote? If no, how can he be voted for if he's not allowed to vote?

Every time PDP are out of ideas, they will resort dishing out baseless allegations, start chasing shadows and promote propaganda and lies.

Kogi is in the bag for APC. Even Bayelsa state can go either way.

AccessME:
Qualified or Disqualified? We the the people of Kogi State say No to the continue rule of tyrant, vision less, and unrepentant thief's like Bello and Edward his chief of staff. war 4 war, blood for blood, thugs for thugs, the PDP are ready to oust the idiots from power.

Don't forget this. I will not like to hear tomorrow "they rigged it".

Bello is ready to teach you all a comprehensive lecture. No be cho cho cho.

YB wasn't disqualified for three reasons only

1.) A

2.) P

3.) C

Every other thing yall are saying is bullshit

The reason is simple!
APC is INEC, INEC is APC
Corrupt body

So that he start going to court and they will then sack him finally

We knw

Cos buhari is behind him.

Ndi ara.

sweetonugbu:
Laws are made for the poor

and religion

Ok

Inside Nigeria

N

the only reason is because of buhari

other reason no get weight

I couldn’t read all the long epistle... Buh don’t worry we sensible and intelligent Nigerians dat are not gullible zombies know why you didn't disqualify yahaya bello

AccessME:
Qualified or Disqualified? We the the people of Kogi State say No to the continue rule of tyrant, vision less, and unrepentant thief's like Bello and Edward his chief of staff. war 4 war, blood for blood, thugs for thugs, the PDP are ready to oust the idiots from power.

I really wish what you said will come through but Apc will do everything possible to make sure he wins...

APC and their flying oga are just breaking all the rules.

Man of integrity indeed

kogi people will be the most foolish people in the world if yahaya bello is reelected



prove Nigerians that you're sensible than Abians by throwing that privilege misfortune into the dustbin that he belong to

Just imagine what INEC is saying simply because they're trying no to offend the powers that be. All these impunity will be tidied up someday.


Take away foolishness, stupidity, hatred and bigotry from your life and you will be free of this bondage you kept yourself.

What do you want the inec to do, yahayah bello can't be prosecuted because of immunity.

Inec didn't make the Constitution, the same PDP you are supporting made the law.

INEC had also dismissed two of its officials for alleged roles in the electoral scandal. But clarifying why Mr. Bello is allowed to contest the election, having been indicted, INEC chairman, Mahmood Yakubu, during a quarterly consultative meeting with the media in Abuja, Wednesday stated: “Under the Electoral Act, double registration is not a condition to disqualify a candidate. In any case, the action we took on the part of the officials that were indicted were administrative based on the terms and conditions of service.


This is sick.