INEC apologises over “drunk” Returning Officer

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The Returning Officer, a university lecturer, was drunk on Sunday and was sacked when he could not perform his duty

INEC CHAIRMAN, MAHMOOD YAKUBU Related News Salihu Musa, INEC Electoral Officer in Bokkos Local Government of Plateau, on Monday apologised over the “shameful” behaviour of the Returning Officer deployed to the area. Mr Musa was responding to a question raised by the APC Collation Officer in Pankshin, Emmanuel Bok, who sought to know why he , was declaring the results of elections for Bokkos, instead of the Returning Officer, as stipulated by law.

In his reaction, Mason Mahli, PDP Collation Officer in the local government, appealed to INEC to always ensure that only reputable people were recruited to assist it in such crucial assignments. “INEC must always look for credible persons for serious national assignments like this. Electoral duties are sacred assignments that must be handled seriously and with utter commitment,” he stated.

 

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Incompetence inecnigeria .

We Nigerians need no apology from INEC . however INEC is a failure to our democracy and it's officials are hopeless criminals who vow to sell there birthright for an evil government of Mr Buhari who has nothing to offer them rather than the blood of innocent Nigerians.

inecnigeria yeye de smell

Now that the southerners did not vote for me, this time, I will apply 99% and 3% to favour the North and South respectively.

When your village oracle is after u

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To announce such rigged results, they needs to be drunk. Remember one of them was asking for a ruler to enable him announce his result.

Suitable to favour ruling party everybody can't be fool Nigerians are not foolish to get drunk b4 election

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