COMMENTS
Without assumption, as reported, a total number of 31 political parties have declared their decision to snub the Local Councils’ election in Kaduna State holding on May 12.

The parties under the aegis of Coalition of Political Parties in Kaduna State made their stand known at a press conference on Friday in Kaduna.



The coalition joined their decision on the alleged violation of the Constitution and Electoral by the state electoral body in the process leading to the polls.

Umar Ibrahim and Mohammed Wada, Chairman and Secretary of the coalition, said the State Independent Electoral Commission had ignored vital provisions of the law, which would negate the integrity of the polls.

“It is on record that the State Independent Electoral Commission has deliberately refused to make use of the INEC card reader machine for authentication of voters during the election, display the voters register at polling units for voters to confirm their names and eligibility to vote.

They added that the commission had also failed to “display the names of aspirants to the public for a minimum period of 10 days in accordance with the extant laws.”

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