The Independent National Electoral Commission has come out
to state that it has no constitutional power to cancel any results it has
announced. While addressing calls by some parties for the cancellation of governorship
and state house Assembly election results in some state, particularly in Rivers
and AkwaIbom, the Chief Press Secretary to the INEC chairman, Kayode Idowu,
told Punch that the commission is not empowered by law to cancel any result it
has announced, that cancellation of results is only done at election tribunals.
“The law does not allow us to cancel any result after it has
been announced. Everyone knows this. It is only the election petition tribunals
that can order that or even cancelled the elections. We would advice anyone who
is aggrieved to go to the court. “he said
He
advised all aggrieved party members to approach the election tribunals in their
state to seek any redress they desire.
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