2019 POLL: BE FAIR IN YOUR ASSESSMENT OVER OUR PERFORMANCES, ENUGU ELECTORAL COMMISSIONER TELLS ELECTORATES
“The only snag which I did not know the main reason was the voters apathy which saw less than half a million voters coming out to vote out of the 1.9 million registered voters and the 1.7 million voters with PVCs.
“We wish to announce that we have fulfilled our promise to Nigerians living in Enugu. Now is the time to review our performances in the face of numerous challenges among which are some uncontrollable variables. We want you to be objective and fair in your assessment of our performance,” he said.
Penpushing further reports that, Ononadu ,on the allegations by some political parties of being bias,said that the commission is studying the wild allegations made against the commission during the 2019 general elections for the possibility of taking culprits to court.
The Electoral Commissioner warned that the Independent National Electoral Commission( INEC) is not ready to condone reckless allegations that cast aspersion on the electoral process.
“Although, certain political groups effortlessly tried to falsely label INEC, security agencies and Central Bank in an attempt to find to find one way or the other to scuttle the process, the maturity exhibited by citizens was enough to send their plans to the cleaners’.
“I am also studying those wide allegations for possibilities of seeking court redress because it is not only politician that can always take INEC to court. INEC and its staff also have a name to protect; we are not going to tolerate reckless allegations that can cast aspersion on our democracy and electoral process. We are moving towards a direction when nobody will get away with any unsubstantiated allegation that robs off on the credibility of an election.
Penpushing also reports that, the electoral boss, thanked all stakeholders who participated in the elections in the State for displaying, ” a rare attitude in this era of extreme political rascality displayed in different States during this election, which made the job of extremely difficult for most of my skilled colleagues in other States’.
