PDP Cautions INEC over Deployment of More RECs in Kogi, Bayelsa Polls
POLITICS DIGEST – The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, on Tuesday raised an alarm over what it called the deployment of additional national commissioners and Resident Electoral Commissioners, RECs, from other states to Kogi and Bayelsa for the November 16 governorship elections.
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In a statement by its National Publicity Secretary, Kola Ologbondiyan, the party said: “Our party recognises that while some are of clean records in their previous responsibilities, there are others who are known to be of questionable character and have fared far below expectations in their responsibility.”
PDP also said “It’s instructive to let the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, hierarchy know that PDP already has a due diligence report on each of the commissioners.”
The party cautioned the INEC chairman, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, to note “that the deployment of officials with known integrity issues is capable of triggering crisis and jeopardizing the credibility of the electoral process.
“It is also important to state that Kogi and Bayelsa elections present an opportunity for INEC to show that it has become committed to free, fair and credible election without being influenced or manipulated.”
