2023 Election Results: We Will Go To Court -Labour Party
The Labour Party (LP), has promised to challenge the results of the presidential and National Assembly elections conducted on Saturday February 25 in court.
The Labour Party (LP), on Sunday vowed to challenge the results of the presidential and National Assembly elections conducted on Saturday February 25 in court.
The party described the process of collating the result of last Saturday’s Presidential and National Assembly Elections by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), as sham adding that it would challenge the outcome in court.
According to the LP, most of its members directly and indirectly disenfranchised through various means across the country, but were more discerning in its strongholds.
The National Secretary, LP, Alhaji Umar Farouk Ibrahim, said in a statement on Sunday, that the party scored high votes in most parts of Northern Nigeria.
According to him, LP members were deliberately prevented from voting, chased away violently from polling units, or had ballot papers and boxes destroyed and burnt in others.
He decried a situation in Lagos, Rivers, Bayelsa, Kano, Yobe, and Edo States, among other places, where such acts were rampantly perpetrated in violation of the electoral act 2022, as amended.
According to Umar, INEC staff and electoral materials were not deployed to some areas, known to be strongholds of Labour Party.
He said where they deployed, they deployed it late to frustrate the party supporters, who, psychologically got tired of waiting and had to leave the polling units for the fear of the unknown.
“The delay by INEC to upload and announce results, especially where Labour Party, is already known to have taken lead, is also worrisome and we feel it is deliberate to anger our party and our supporters” he said.
According to Umar, the intelligence from the fields showed that across the Northern states, electorates identified as Labour Party supporters were tactically denied access to their polling units by some INEC officials, who connived with others to confuse the electorates by insisting their polling units are different and sending them to the wrongs ones.
Umar stated that this approach frustrated the electorates, and reduced the votes polled by Labour Party, which would have more than doubled if the right things were done.
He called on INEC, to call its polling staff to order and also ensure punitive measures in line with the electoral Act 2022 as amended.
The Labour Party National Secretary vowed that the party would definitely challenge the outcome and final result in court.
Umar urged party members and supporters to be calm, remain law abiding, but be encouraged with their efforts so far.
He tasked the supporters to mobilise more for the next round of elections, adding that the party would take steps to right the wrong meted out to her in the Saturday presidential and National Assembly Elections.
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