INDEPENDENT NATIONAL ELECTORAL COMMISSION

PRESS RELEASE

SPURIOUS ALLEGATIONS IN RESPECT OF NOMINATION OF CANDIDATES IN SOME SENATORIAL DISTRICTS

Not for the first time, our attention has been drawn to a story published by an online medium that the Commission has doctored, backdated and certified documents to accommodate the nominations emanating from Yobe North and Akwa Ibom North
West Senatorial Districts in respect of Senators Ahmed Lawan and Godswill Akpabio. Nothing can be further from the truth.

As evidence of the alleged role played by the Commission, a certified true copy of Form 9C uploaded by their political party and received by the Commission on 17th June 2022 when the nomination portal closed was presented.

For clarity, the Form EC9 (submission of names of candidates by political parties) is the Form uploaded by parties on the INEC nomination portal. This is clearly indicated on the title of the Form which was received on 17th June 2022 when the portal closed. What follows is the publication of the personal particulars of nominated candidates which was done a week later.

The Forms of the two personalities in question were not published by the Commission. The decision of the Commission triggered legal action which are still ongoing. It therefore defies logic and common sense to go around and submit doctored documents purportedly recognising the duo as candidates when the matter is clearly sub-judice.

As part of the ongoing case in Court, a law firm requested the Commission for a Certified True Copy (CTC) of the Form EC9 submitted by the All Progressives Congress (APC) as its candidate for Akwa Ibom North West Senatorial District which we are duty bound to oblige them under the law. The Form was certified on 15th July 2022. If minimum care has been exercised by the promoters of the story, they would have seen the two stamps of the Commission bearing different dates on the Form. It is this Form that is now misconstrued as INEC's endorsement.

For the record, the Commission has not recognised any of the two personalities as a Senatorial candidate.

We call for responsible reportage as against the unwarranted attack on the Commission and its officials over a matter than can be easily fact checked.

Festus Okoye Esq.
National Commissioner and Chairman, Information and Voter Education Committee
Tuesday 9th August 2022.

Previous Thread:
https://www.nairaland.com/7272182/inec-backtracks-recognises-lawan-akpabio#115533004

Fake news flying everywhere by Tinubu urchins

Why are they so desperate?
Wetin Dem dey find ?

Why would an 86yrs old Batstard so desperate be president?

God forbids bat-thing

Lawan should accept his fate.

Lawan should live project Tinubu if not, his people will finally sweep him out during the polls as the North will never abandon their son for an old greedy man.

Kai this thing go pain the rubber stamp senate president oh


Who remembered "bow and go"


If to say hem do hem work she we for pity am small now

WTF! This country is just on a cruise level.

Ok

Who is INEC officials on nairaland

Cause this news was only from nairaland
Fake and real

Meanwhile, see how these Tinubu supporters were promoting all manner of lawlessness when the other thread hit this platform.

INEC should be neutral and maintain the new electoral law.

An uninformed nation is a bad politicians joy. Nigerians are gradually getting informed.

Thank God for the internet.

We no longer have to rely on media subjected to the federal or state governments.

Ok, noted.

How true is this

They better not try shlt next year
Any rigging and naija go taya them

problem



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S_GnDqcp_iM

Anything can happen don't trust Nigerian politician

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I.

N.o

E.ndorse

C.ompletely

Sahara Reporters is becoming boring lately, sowore should do better, because the electoral act is here to stay

They should remain at the bench...

Enough of this charlatans who think it's their right to be there

Xnxns

Ok

Peter Obi is the next president 2023

Confession everywhere.

I guess Sowore and his Sahara reporters flew that fake news to dampen spirits of Peter Obi supporters

The amount of fake news being pumped out on a daily is just mind-buggling. One has to take every news item with a pinch of salt. It's just digusting.

Lawal and akpabio didnt come out for the election. Am wondering how their name will appear there.

NIGERIA NEED FOREIGN WHITE MACHINERY OR SECURITY TO WIPE OUT THIS INSECURITY

OUR SYSTEM IS CORRUPT AND FULL OF SABOTEURS