360 Gist Pilot: Edo election: INEC reacts to refusal of PDP agents to sign results

Friday 30 September 2016

Edo election: INEC reacts to refusal of PDP agents to sign results

The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, has revealed that refusal of some political party agents to sign the Edo governorship election result sheet did not invalidate the poll.

The INEC National Commissioner in Charge of Publicity, Prince Solomon Soyebi, told newsmen on Thursday.

He stated that the  procedure for the validity of an election was stipulated in the Electoral Act and Election Guidelines.

“The refusal of any party agents to sign the result sheet does not in any way invalidate the declared result of the election,” Soyebi said.

Its was reported that the agents of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and that of the Young Democratic Party refused to sign the result sheet of the Edo governorship election.

He finally commended the people of Edo for their peaceful conduct that allowed the election to be peaceful and concluded in one ballot.

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