PDP, 2 other parties demand fresh election, want INEC chair to step down

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), the Labour Party (LP) and African Democratic Congress (ADC) have demanded a fresh election, saying the February 25 presidential election has been “irretrievably compromised”.

LP National, Julius Abure; the PDP chairman, Iyorchia Ayu; as well as their ADC counterpart, Ralph Nwosu, made this known at a joint press conference in Abuja on Tuesday.

The parties also demanded that the presidential election be conducted afresh.

They held a joint press conference in Abuja on Tuesday.

Julius Abure, national chairman of LP, and Iyorchia Ayu, PDP chairman, spoke at the briefing.

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They alleged that there were huge “disparities” in the presidential election results signed by party agents and those announced at the national collation centre.

They said the inability of INEC to upload results electronically on its results viewing portal (IReV) at the polling units left them prone to manipulation.

“This election is not free and far from being fair,” Abure said.

The parties also declared a vote of no confidence on the INEC chairman.

The LP, PDP and ADC said the deliberate refusal of the INEC chairman to respect the upload of results electronically as stipulated by Section 60 of the Electoral Act 2022 is unacceptable.

The three parties said the result so far by INEC showed “monumental disparities” between what the party agents signed and what INEC officials announced in Abuja.

They said the manual transmission of results compromised the integrity of the election process.