Yiaga Africa alleges vote rigging, says results differ from sampled polling unit figures
By Jeph Ajobaju, Chief Copy Editor
Yiaga Africa has alleged rigging in the presidential election results in Imo and Rivers, saying figures announced by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) contradict data obtained from sampled polling units.
Yiaga Africa – the largest independent election monitor in Nigeria which deployed 3,800 personnel across the country on 25 February – raised the observation in its post-election statement signed by its Executive Director, Samson Itodo.
Itodo said all the results announced by the INEC were manipulated because, based on reports from 97 per cent of sampled polling units by Yiaga Africa, the All Progressives Congress (APC) was awarded higher votes.
“The state-level presidential results for Imo and Rivers are inconsistent with the Yiaga Africa WTV projections for both states.
“For Rivers, INEC announced 231,591 votes for APC or 44.2 per cent; 175,071 for LP or 33.4 percent; and 88,468 for PDP or 16.9 percent,” the statement explained.
“This is in sharp contrast to the Yiaga Africa WTV estimates for Rivers which are: APC 21.7 percent ±5.0 percent; for LP 50.8 percent ±10.6 percent; and PDP 22.2 percent ±6.5 percent.
“For Imo, INEC announced 66,406 for APC or 14.2 percent; 360,495 for LP or 77.1 percent; and 30,234; for PDP or 6.5 percent.
“Again, this is at variance with the Yiaga Africa WTV estimates for Imo which are: APC 5.1 ±2.3 percent; LP 88.1 percent ±3.8 percent; and PDP 5.7 percent ±2.3 percent.”
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Sampled polling unit figures
“Based on reports from 97 per cent (1,453 of 1,507) of sampled polling units, Yiaga Africa’s statistical analysis shows that the APC should receive between 34.4 percent and 37.4 per cent of the vote, LP should receive between 24.2 percent and 28.4 per cent of the votes,” Yiaga Africa insisted, per The PUNCH.
“The New Nigeria Peoples Party should receive between 4.6 percent and 6.4 percent of the vote, Peoples Democratic Party should receive between 28.3 per cent and 31.1 per cent of the vote, while no other political party should receive more than 0.3 per cent of the vote.”
Yiaga Africa asked the INEC to clarify the inconsistencies in the results, especially from Rivers and Imo, extend voting to 5pm in subsequent elections, and upload polling unit results form EC 8A on its Result Viewing portal (iRev).