Review Election Results In Lagos, Rivers, Eight Others – Utomi Tells INEC

A chieftain of the Labour Party (LP), Profesor Pat Utomi, has urged the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to review the presidential election results in ten states.

The Professor of Political Economy, while speaking at a news conference on Friday in Lagos, said the presidential and National Assembly elections were flawed in the ten states.

According to Utomi, the electoral body should review the elections conducted in Lagos, Rivers, Imo, Benue, Nasarawa, Plateau, Kaduna, Katsina, Adamawa, and Akwa Ibom.

Utomi also asked INEC to cancel the elections if a review failed and if the courts did not pronounce the “true winner” after investigations.

He said: “We want to urge INEC to show good faith and not wipe their server of activities of the Feb. 25 presidential election in the excuse of having it ready for March 11.

“We also want to request that INEC administratively begin a review of the votes in 10 states.

“All we seek is sunlight. We accuse none and come with malice toward none but are assured that our children will have better tomorrow if we ensure that sunlight and transparency define our electoral ways.

“We ask for an INEC review. If this fails to bring justice then a court process to reverse rigging and call the true winner.

“Where that is difficult for the system, we call for outright cancellation of the election of February 25, and ensuring that enthusiasm is allowed to flow through to March 11 with the assurance of a free, fair, and transparent election.”

Utomi also asked INEC to assure Nigerians that the Bimodal Voter Accreditation System (BVAS) would be functional ahead of the March 11 gubernatorial election.

He called for the sack of the INEC leadership if the commission cannot prove that the guber election would be different, adding that the essence of democracy is respect for the will of the people.

Utomi knocked politicians who use thugs to perpetrate violence on election days, adding that because they go free, election results are continuously doubtful.