Inahurat a partner and accredited observer with Independent NationalElectoral Commission (INEC) For the 2023 General Election in Nigeria, having participated in this election in our capacity as Observers in the just concluded Presidential and National Assembly Election that took place on the 25thFebruary, 2023.
Ladies and Gentleman it is with great responsibility and concern with efforts made to deepen our electoral integrity, that INAHURAT deployed a team of electoral experts, researchers and observers in the 23 states of the 36 states in Nigeria including FCT Abuja. The 25th February Election was promised to be the best which made people whom have never voted before to come out to vote for the first time but it is unfortunate that this election has failed Integrity and Transparency test and has further divided thealready polarize situation in our country today with reports from our filed observers across the 23 States including FCT, which has become very imperative to make this post-election statement at this point, to let the world know that the 25thFebruary, 2023 Presidential election in Nigeria declared by the Independent National Electoral Commission did not reflect the will of the people and has pushed our fragile democracy and collective existence to test among ethnic, tribal and religious fault lines.
INEC repeatedly assured Nigerians of Electronic Transmission of results from the polling units to the server in line with the amended Electoral Act, 2022.
We condemn in strongest terms Observable sharp practices and fraud among others in the February 25th
presidential election.
We therefore call for an independent committee to look into the activities of some officials of INEC that alleged to have compromised this election. INEC Chairman prof. Yakubu Mahmoud, having overseen this avoidable failures, ranging from logistics, planning and execution, inability to communicate and convince Nigerians on while election could not be transmitted into their server even after 48 hours of the election.
We encourage that the commissionchairman should toe the path of honor and resign to enable another person conduct the March 11, 2023 Governorship and State Assembly election in order to restore Faith and Confidence in the Commission and avoid unmitigated Crisis.
Signed
Comrade Gerald O. Katchy
National Coordinator
INAHURAT
