Stop Collation Of Presidential Election Results, CUPP Tells INEC

The Coalition of United Political Parties (CUPP) has asked the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to stop the collation of presidential election results over alleged irregularities.

Naija News reports that the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and the Labor Party ( LP) have rejected the presidential election results announced so far by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC)

There two opposition parties claimed that the election was marred by the non-functionality of the Bimodal Voter Verification System (BVAS) and missing results on the INEC result viewing portal, among others.

But in a statement on Tuesday, CUPP spokesman, Ikenga Ugochinyere, said the  collation of the controversial results violates section 64(4) of the electoral act.

Ugochinyere said this has made the “presidential collation exercise is unconstitutional and an invitation to the anarchy that must be quickly addressed.

He said: “The ongoing collation of presidential election results are unconstitutional and a possible invitation to anarchy that must be averted now by immediate halt,.

“As a constitutional lawyer, foremost advocate for credible election and spokesman of CUPP, I have come to the conclusion to advise that in the national interest that collation of presidential election results be halted in view of compromise and violation of provision of section 64(4) of the electoral act.

“Clearly, the results being collated were not transmitted directly from the polling units but cooked by rouge governors who were the same elements behind the Omuma magic compromise of the voters register and should be stopped before this illegal throws Nigeria into national confusion.”