Against the backdrop of growing calls for the cancellation of Saturday’s presidential elections by political stakeholders across the country, the Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Professor Mahmood Yakubu, has insisted that the Commission will go ahead with the collation of the election results.
In a statement issued on Tuesday, Professor Yakubu stated that politicians cannot celebrate wins where their parties have won and denigrate the same elections wherever they have lost
He also stated that he disagrees with the proponents of the cancellation and that the Commission will go ahead and continue the process to its logical end.
The statement read: “This election is far from being perfect, just like many before it, but there’s no election in the recent history of this country that has thrown up so much upset as this one.
“If the least expected small parties had upstaged the big ones in their homestead, I don’t see the logic in insinuating malpractice where the big ones are leveraging advantage.
“I, therefore, say no to cancellation of the results. INEC should run the full course and let the process of redress take over afterwards.
“We will survive this like every other. Proposing cancellation is defeatist, and I disagree with the proponents. You can celebrate your big wins in some places but challenging those of others in their supposed stronghold.
“Does it mean you approached the election with a degree of entitlement or mindset? That is double standards. Let everyone lick their wounds, at least, for now!”
