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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