KOWA’s agent at the INEC headquarters in Benin City, Thompson Osadolor had called for the cancellation following the commission’s cancellation of results in areas where ballot boxes were snatched or card readers not used for authentication.
He said that since it was obvious that such issues including the open inducement of voters at polling units occurred at different places, INEC should out rightly cancel the entire results and bar parties found culpable from contesting a new election.
His submission was however countered by agent of the New Nigeria People’s Party (NNPP) Joyce Edekere and her Labour Party counterpart.
According to Edekere, NNPP would not back the call for cancellation because it was unnecessary.
“We’re not joining the call for a cancellation of the elections because we think there’s no justification for such. The elections were fair and INEC gave direct answers to the questions that were raised about elections.”
Similarly, Labour Party said the elections were generally peaceful, free and fair, insisting that it was baseless to demand cancellation, considering the resources and time put into achieving the outcome.
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