Tinubu: PDP accuses INEC of attempting to destroy evidence of alleged rigging of presidential election

On Tuesday, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) accused the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) of attempting to destroy and erase evidence of the alleged rigging of the presidential election that took place on Saturday.

PDP has accused INEC of attempting to destroy evidence in order to prevent it from obtaining proof that the BVAS machines were reconfigured. INEC is being accused of doing this by PDP.

The spokesman for the party that had previously been in power, Debo Ologunagba, stated that INEC’s action was intended to thwart the efforts of Nigerians to seek redress through the legal system.

Ologunaba called a press conference and said the following: “We have called you to alert Nigerians and the International Community of the atrocious move by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to destroy and erase evidence of its intolerable rigging of the February 25, 2023 Presidential election.” Ologunaba made these remarks in front of the press. “We have called you to alert Nigerians and the International Community of the atrocious move by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC)

“Late yesterday at 10:10 pm, INEC, in a desperate move to prevent our Party and Candidate from obtaining necessary evidence as Ordered by the Court, filed a motion requesting that it be allowed to reconfigure the BVAS machines and wipe out relevant information that our Party and Candidate require to prosecute our case at the Presidential Election Tribunal. “Late yesterday at 10:10 pm, INEC, in a desperate move to prevent our Party and Candidate from obtaining necessary evidence

“This abhorrent action by INEC to frustrate the desire of Nigerians to get redress through the court is a clear recipe for crisis and a deliberate design by the Commission to derail our democracy and trigger anarchy in the country. This action is a clear recipe for crisis and a clear design by the Commission to derail our democracy and trigger anarchy in the country.

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“Nigerians can recall how the INEC Chairman, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, supervised the manipulation of the results of the Presidential election and hurriedly announced a winner in spite of widespread outcry and complaint over numerous evidence of malpractices and violation of several provisions of the Electoral Act, 2022 by INEC and its officials. “Nigerians can also recall how Yakubu hurriedly announced a winner in spite of widespread outcry and complaint over numerous evidence of malpractices

“The INEC Chairman circumvented all of the steps and procedures provided for the declaration of results by the Electoral Act, 2022,” which included “announcing and declaring only results that were transmitted directly from the Polling Units to the INEC Server/Website” and “reviewing the results in the event of disputes and objections as to the correctness and consistency of the collated result.” “The INEC Chairman circumvented all of the steps and procedures provided by the Electoral Act, 2022,” which