Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Prof Attahiru Jega, yesterday said that the allegation to manipulate or rig the election is completely false and baseless.
Jega in a statement by his chief press secretary, Kayode Idowu, noted with dismay, a front page advertorial by a faceless group in some national newspapers on Wednesday, March 25, 2013, alleging a plot by the chairman of the commission to rig the 2015 general elections.
The statement read “the group cited the constitution of a presidential election result collation committee by the INEC Chairman as the basis for its allegation that a plot to rig the election has been hatched.
“INEC would not have bothered to respond to such patently cynical and malicious allegation, but for the fact that the elections are days away and otherwise respectable national newspapers have lent themselves to be used as platforms to disseminate such falsehood. Any misinformation, – even as baseless as in this particular case – unless corrected could mislead innocent or undiscerning members of the public and cause unnecessary apprehension about the credibility of the electoral process.
“The Commission affirms that the allegation to manipulate or rig the election is completely false and baseless.
“The Chairman of the Commission as the Chief Electoral Commissioner of Nigeria and the Returning Officer of the presidential election, has statutory and legal powers to constitute administrative committee(s) to facilitate the performance of his duties.
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