The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has described apologising to Nigerians over the widespread hiccups that characterised the February 25 Presidential and National Assembly elections as a nonissue. INEC said politicians and political parties also should be blamed for its subpar performance.
The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP and the Labour Party, LP have accused the ruling All Progressives Congress of committing violence, voters intimidation and electoral fraud during the election. The APC made its allegations of rigging against the PDP and Labour Party.
Mainwhile, INEC has said it was unhappy over its failure to upload the presidential election results in its server in real-time, while blaming political parties and politicians for the outcome.
Asked if the commission would apologise to Nigerians for failing to upload the election results, Festus Okoye, spokesman for INEC, said, “The issue of apology or no apology does not arise. We have made it very clear that we are not happy with what happened with result upload on February 25 presidential and National Assembly elections.”