Former Vice-President, Atiku Abubakar has called for the replacement of security officials and staff of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) who conducted the April 11 governorship elections in Taraba State.
Atiku also said that the officials should be dismissed and not allowed to conduct
the rerun elections, slated to hold on April 25, 2015.
The former Vice President made the demand on Wednesday, April 15, via a statement released by the Atiku Media Office.
Atiku
also agreed with the decision to declare the elections inconclusive in
some areas citing widespread reports of irregularities during the polls.
“These
irregularities included using armed personnel to intimidate voters.
Elections should not be militarized. Nigeria is a democracy, not a
dictatorship. Citizens should be able to go out and vote without fear of
being threatened with the nozzle of a gun,” he said.
“These people should not be allowed to go back during the rerun election. No troops should be allowed nearby,” Atiku added.
The
governorship election in Taraba was declared inconclusive because the
the number of cancelled votes amounted to more than the difference in
votes between the two major candidates; Aisha Alhassan of the All Progressives Congress (APC) and Darius Ishaku of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).
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