2023 Elections: Call INEC to order Labour tells Buhari

As tension begins to build up over the conduct and outcome of the Saturday’s presidential and national assembly elections, the Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, has called on President Muhammadu Buhari to call the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC to order.
Labour also warned the INEC and those colluding with the commission not to allow the election to degenerate into a national security crisis.
Besides, the NLC warned the INEC, to desist from colluding with some individuals and political parties from tampering with the results of the presidential and national assembly elections.
Labour also frowned at the bloodlettings, harassment, ballot box snatching a well as the wilful destruction of election materials especially in Lagos and Rivers States by political thugs in the presence of the security agencies and INEC officials, saying that such action cannot be interpreted any other way except that of collusion.

A statement signed by the Congress President Conrade Joe Ajaero on Sunday titled, “Is INEC subverting Nigeria?” called for urgent action by the Commission and key national stakeholders to ensure that the elections are free, fair and credible.
It wondered why the commission decided to delay from uploading election results from the BVAS to the INEC Servers.
NLC said the use of thugs in Rivers and Lagos states to mete out violence and intimidate voters in the states run counter to the tenets and practice of democracy.
The statement read: “We have had recourse to alert Nigerians earlier yesterday of our observations and reports that reached us from across the nation on the shoddy handling by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) of their early Election Day activities.
“We talked of the dangers it posed to the entire process and its outcomes if nothing was done timely and wondered why that should be so given the huge resources invested in the Commission towards this Election. We called for urgent action by the Commission and key national Stakeholders to ensure that we have free, fair and credible elections.

“Unfortunately, the situation rather than getting better got worse as the day went on with heart wrenching reports from across the nation of vile activities of individuals associated with some Parties and utter collusion of INEC officials and Security agencies to compromise the Election and subvert the will of the people.
“Using of thugs in Rivers state and in Lagos to mete out violence and intimidate voters in these states run counter to the tenets and practice of Democracy.
“The case of the now dishonourable member of the federal house of representatives from Rivers state captured on tape calling for the killing of certain people is not only abhorrent but is a recipe for further violence in our Polity.
“The threats as captured of Mc Oluomo of the Parks and Gardens in Lagos state warning certain voters to stay away from the Polling centres across the state violates decency and negates the principle of democratic engagement.
“The bloodlettings, harassment, Ballot box snatching and wilful destruction of election materials especially in these two states even in the presence of members of the Security agencies and INEC officials cannot be interpreted any other way except that of collusion.