During an interview with AIT , Akin Osuntokun, the Director General of the Labour Party, revealed that they go to court every day and they see INEC arguing against BVAS and IREV. He stated that the INEC is supposed to ensure credibility and integrity with its policies and promises, which have failed woefully.
He further stated that INEC invested billions for the 2023 general election by purchasing an exciting instrument to ensure the credibility of elections, which failed to carry out its function. He also condemned the appointment of Sen. Akpabio, pointing out that he has issues with the anti-corruption agencies.
According to him, “of course we have a body like the INEC, for instance, that came up with what was supposed to be the joker to ensure its credibility and integrity in the conduct of the election. So we go to court every day, and we see INEC arguing against BVAS and IREV to the tune of hundreds of Billions of naira. You have this exciting instrument of assuring the credibility of elections. The present state we’re in right now is that INEC is arguing against why BVAS should be taken or be working; they’re the ones now arguing against it to say that, legally, they’re not constrained to observe what BVAS is and that the electoral act gives them the room to use another method manually beside what you yourself have recommended to be in the best interest of Nigeria. So, this is what we’re learning, and it is getting tiring and exhausting.”
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