Phrank Shaibu, an aide to former Vice-President Atiku Abubakar on communication, has berated the Federal Government for dismissing a report by the European Union (EU) election observation mission on the just-concluded general election.

On Tuesday, Barry Andrews, the EU chief observer, faulted the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) for the operational challenges and glitches experienced with the bimodal voter accreditation system (BVAS) and the result viewing portal.

Andrews said the discrepancies in the elections severely damaged public confidence in the electoral body.

But in a statement on Sunday, the federal government dismissed the report, describing it as “a poorly-done desk job”.

Reacting to the Federal Government’s statement, Shaibu said the electoral commission “failed woefully” in carrying out its duties during the election.

“The presidential election was held on February 25, 2023, and yet as of July 2, 2023, the result of the election has not been fully uploaded. This is despite the fact that this election was the most expensive in the history of West Africa,” he said.

“How can an election in which the full results have not been fully uploaded after nearly five months be described as credible by any sane human being?”

Shaibu said it is hypocritical for the federal government to receive support from the EU for the elections and discard its findings because it is not favourable.

“The EU said in September last year that it budgeted €39 million for Nigeria’s 2023 election. Most of the funding went to INEC as election support,” he said.

“The EU not only provided training for INEC staff but also donated equipment only for INEC to conduct a shambolic poll.

“So, why would Alake claim that the EU has no right to speak when it was the largest single donor to INEC? Alake should rather be quiet rather than try to defend the indefensible.”

JAMO84:
PDP and LP should divest from politics and move to the skit making industry, I mean how do you explain this useless obsession with an ordinary results viewing Portal?

Hard copy of my WAEC certificate is with me, the examination body also have it on their portal, if the portal crashes and the result is no longer available there, does it mean the original hard copy I have is not relevant?


You have agents in the polling units, they were given a copy of the result, the police and the commission have there own copies, another copy was pasted on the polling units walls, none of you have been able to prove that what were later posted on the IREV were different from the copies you have except in few places. The election tribunal needs to ban those 2 miserable losers from contesting any election in this Country for 60 years.

Essenza01:


Why dont the INEC upload the copy of the result used in declaring... or does INEC not have a copy too?

If you have nothing tangible to say... please sit it out rather than sound ignorant.

JAMO84:
PDP and LP should divest from politics and move to the skit making industry, I mean how do you explain this useless obsession with an ordinary results viewing Portal?

Hard copy of my WAEC certificate is with me, the examination body also have it on their portal, if the portal crashes and the result is no longer available there, does it mean the original hard copy I have is not relevant?


You have agents in the polling units, they were given a copy of the result, the police and the commission have there own copies, another copy was pasted on the polling units walls, none of you have been able to prove that what were later posted on the IREV were different from the copies you have except in few places. The election tribunal needs to ban those 2 miserable losers from contesting any election in this Country for 60 years.

JAMO84:
PDP and LP should divest from politics and move to the skit making industry, I mean how do you explain this useless obsession with an ordinary results viewing Portal?

Hard copy of my WAEC certificate is with me, the examination body also have it on their portal, if the portal crashes and the result is no longer available there, does it mean the original hard copy I have is not relevant?


You have agents in the polling units, they were given a copy of the result, the police and the commission have there own copies, another copy was pasted on the polling units walls, none of you have been able to prove that what were later posted on the IREV were different from the copies you have except in few places. The election tribunal needs to ban those 2 miserable losers from contesting any election in this Country for 60 years.

JAMO84:
PDP and LP should divest from politics and move to the skit making industry, I mean how do you explain this useless obsession with an ordinary results viewing Portal?

Hard copy of my WAEC certificate is with me, the examination body also have it on their portal, if the portal crashes and the result is no longer available there, does it mean the original hard copy I have is not relevant?


You have agents in the polling units, they were given a copy of the result, the police and the commission have there own copies, another copy was pasted on the polling units walls, none of you have been able to prove that what were later posted on the IREV were different from the copies you have except in few places. The election tribunal needs to ban those 2 miserable losers from contesting any election in this Country for 60 years.

DMerciful:
You're not wise at all. When the agents were protesting to Mahmmud at the national collation centre that the results being announced was different from theirs, did he listen to them?

Even in the law court, the uploaded results have superior credibility before the copies with the police. The copies with party agents are the least credible coupled with the fact that agents can be compromised.

The whole essence of ammending the electoral act in 2022 is not because results were not given to party agents but because the electoral act previously does not recognize technology(BVAS and IREV)

You're just being mischievous

helinues:
Prank has been pranking Atiku since 14bc

helinues:
Prank has been pranking Atiku since 14bc

Mabizeka:
Hi, do you need a job?

helinues:


Do you need a meaningful life? Dem swear trolling for you?

garfield1:


Oga,hard copies are the most important,the court made this clear in osun.the electoral act was amended for bvas not irev.irev is not in the law

tesppidd:
So this one is actually comparing an election result which should be for public consumption to a WAEC result which is a personal and private document?

How do people reason sef?


And besides what do you mean by "they have polling agents?"

Are you telling me that polling agents cannot be compromised?

Is there any other sign of credibility better than a soft copy of results to verify what the hard copy says?

Abeg stop embarrassing yourself by trying to defend what wouldn't make sense even to an 8 year old girl.

JAMO84:
So if waec cannot upload your results due to technical issues, but they gave you a hard copy, you will not accept it because you need to view what you have in your hand on a computer screen?

JAMO84:
PDP and LP should divest from politics and move to the skit making industry, I mean how do you explain this useless obsession with an ordinary results viewing Portal?

Hard copy of my WAEC certificate is with me, the examination body also have it on their portal, if the portal crashes and the result is no longer available there, does it mean the original hard copy I have is not relevant?


You have agents in the polling units, they were given a copy of the result, the police and the commission have there own copies, another copy was pasted on the polling units walls, none of you have been able to prove that what were later posted on the IREV were different from the copies you have except in few places. The election tribunal needs to ban those 2 miserable losers from contesting any election in this Country for 60 years.

JAMO84:
PDP and LP should divest from politics and move to the skit making industry, I mean how do you explain this useless obsession with an ordinary results viewing Portal?

Hard copy of my WAEC certificate is with me, the examination body also have it on their portal, if the portal crashes and the result is no longer available there, does it mean the original hard copy I have is not relevant?


You have agents in the polling units, they were given a copy of the result, the police and the commission have there own copies, another copy was pasted on the polling units walls, none of you have been able to prove that what were later posted on the IREV were different from the copies you have except in few places. The election tribunal needs to ban those 2 miserable losers from contesting any election in this Country for 60 years.

DMerciful:
In the law court, its the INEC copy(which is technically same uploaded on irev) , followed by the copies with the police then the copies with party agents. The results with party agents are the least credible before the court. I wont argue with you further on this

JAMO84:
You're the one embarrassing your lineage here. Irev is actually the most easy to compromise, it's just a snapped copy of a result. I can easily pretend to send it immediately but later go behind to send a different one.

helinues:


Do you need a meaningful life? Dem swear trolling for you?

Nightwolf1:



You are outrightly senseless. You aren't even ashamed this madness is what your electoral umpire had to offer.

JAMO84:
You're mad. Did I invite you to read my post?