For the first time, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, Chairman of Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), has told critics of his performance in the “inconclusive” Kogi and Bayelsa governorship elections to focus more on the provisions of the law rather than sentiments.
Yakubu was speaking on Tuesday at The Electoral Institute, Abuja, where he hosted the 11th Public Lecture of the institute.
He said this was neither the first nor the fifth time that elections would be declared inconclusive, adding that in future, as elections get more competitive and citizens actively participating in the process, more elections could still be inconclusive.
Yakubu was however quick to add that INEC was already studying the situation in Kogi and Bayelsa states with a view to ensuring that elections are concluded on the first ballot.
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-Vanguard