The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has disowned Wednesday’s Labour Party (LP) National Convention in Anambra.

Rotimi Oyekanmi, the chief press secretary to INEC Chairman Mahmood Yakubu, said this when he spoke with the News Agency of Nigeria in Abuja on Thursday.


Oyekanmi said that the conduct of the convention was not monitored by INEC, declining to state further why its officials stayed away from the exercise.

NAN, however, reports that the LP shifted the convention from Umuahia in Abia to Nnewi, Anambra State, on Tuesday.


Speaking on the venue change, the LP National Legal Adviser, Kehinde Edun, told journalists that the party had duly informed INEC about the change in venue and date.

“No, it is holding in Anambra. Nnewi to be precise, not Umuahia in Abia State again. In fact, Umuahia was not even the first venue we chose. Benin was the first choice before we changed to Umuahia and now Nnewi.

“So, we are at liberty to pick any venue of our choice. We only need to inform INEC about the change in venue and the time,” Edun said.

Source : https://politicsnigeria.com/inec-disowns-labour-party-convention-as-electoral-body-fails-to-send-monitors-to-cover-exercise/