The
Inspector-General of Police,
Police
Headquarters,
Louis
Edet House,
FCT,
Abuja.
Dear Sir;
DEMAND FOR URGENT INVESTIGATION OF FRAUDULENT MANIPULATION OF ELECTION RESULTS IN AKWA IBOM AND RIVERS STATES GOVERNORSHIP ELECTIONS OF APRIL 11, 2015 BY TWO RESIDENT ELECTORAL COMMISSIONERS
On 2nd
April, 2015 the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) issued a
public notice informing all Nigerians that card readers would be
mandatorily used in accreditation of voters in the Governorships/Houses of
Assembly elections scheduled to hold throughout the country on April 11, 2015.
The information was repeated by a circular issued by the INEC on April 6, 2015
to the effect that wherever the card reader developed any fault, the election
should be postponed till the following day.
In
response to our recently launched Election and Tribunal Monitoring Project,
some concerned Nigerians have forwarded a petition to our network with
reference to the recently concluded Governorship Elections in Akwa Ibom and
Rivers States. In our investigation of the petition, we confirmed the use of
card readers in the Governorship Elections held in Akwa Ibom and Rivers States,
in compliance with INEC directives. We also confirmed that the card readers
used for accreditation in the elections transmitted captured figures to the
central server of the INEC in Abuja.
In the
case of Akwa ibom State, card readers used for the accreditation of
voters, 437,128 registered voters were transmitted to INEC central
server in Abuja while 292,878 accredited permanent voters card were transmitted
for Rivers State in the same election. The INEC has since authenticated the
numbers transmitted by card readers used for the election in both states.
In brazen
contravention of several provisions of the Electoral Act, 2010, as
amended, the Resident Electoral Commissioner for Akwa Ibom State, Barrister
Austin Okojie, falsely declared that 1,158,624 people voted in the Governorship
and House of Assembly Elections in Akwa Ibom State, leaving a difference of
721,496 in excess of the actual card readers figures of accredited voters. In a
similar vein, the Rivers State Resident Electoral Commissioner, Dame Gesila
Khan, declared 1,228,614 total votes, contrary to the figure of 292,878
accredited voters recorded in the INEC central server in Abuja. This is in
excess of 935,736 votes.
Local and
international observers who physically observed elections in both States had,
immediately after the elections, called for the cancellation of elections in
Rivers and Akwa Ibom States. The conduct and outcomes of the elections were
declared to be flawed, below standard and inconsistent with provisions of the
electoral Act, 2010. An online newspaper, Premiumtimesng, in its publication of
Saturday, April 9, 2015 titled; River's Nyeson Wike a goner; INEC
document exposes fraud by PDP, INEC in guber poll, confirmed
allegations contained in the petition forwarded to our a network and findings
of our independent investigations.
In view
of the foregoing, we are by this petition demanding the immediate arrest and
investigation of Akwa Ibom REC, Barrister Austin Okojie and his Rivers State
counterpart, Dame Gesila Khan for fraudulent manipulation of the results of the
governorship election in both states. Once the investigation is concluded, you
are required to forward the case file to the INEC with a view to having them
prosecuted pursuant to section 150 of the Electoral Act.
TAKE
NOTICE that if our request is not acceded to within 14 days of the receipt of
this letter, our network will be compelled to approach a competent court of
jurisdiction for the purpose of compelling you to discharge your statutory duty
in the circumstance.
Yours
Sincerely,
Olanrewaju
Suraju
Chairman
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