The Chairman of the
Independent National Electoral Commission, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, says given the
challenges and malpractices that have marred elections both in the past and in
recent times in the country, the commission cannot guarantee that the general
elections in 2019 will be conclusive.
He said any attempt to give such assurance at
this time would be second-guessing the outcome of the election, noting that it
had become inevitable for the commission to declare some elections
inconclusive.
The INEC boss, who spoke when he led some staff
of the commission, including a national commissioner, Mr. Solomon Soyebi, on a
visit to PUNCH Place, the corporate headquarters of PUNCH Nigeria Limited in
Magboro, Ogun State, on Friday, stated that if everyone, including the staff of
the commission, the voters, politicians and other stakeholders, play by the
rules, there would be no inconclusive election.
-Punch
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