The Nasarawa State chapter of the Nigeria Democratic Congress, NDC, has rejected the outcome of the Nasarawa North Senatorial District by-election, calling on the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, to cancel the exercise over alleged electoral irregularities.
In a statement issued on Sunday by the party’s Publicity Secretary, Danjuma Joseph, the NDC alleged that its logo was omitted from official election materials despite being a duly registered political party participating in the poll.
The party claimed that while a logo appeared on the ballot paper, it did not belong to the NDC, a development it said may have confused voters and negatively affected its performance in the election.
According to the statement, the party also observed that its logo was absent from the result sheets used during the election, while there was reportedly no provision for NDC agents to append their signatures at ward, local government and state collation levels.
“The logo printed on the ballot paper does not belong to our party, the NDC. This, we believe, is a deliberate attempt by INEC to mislead our supporters and undermine our participation,” the party alleged.
They further claimed that the logo used during the Nasarawa by-election differed from the party’s official symbol reportedly used by INEC in another by-election conducted in Enugu State on the same day.
Beyond concerns over party identification, the NDC alleged that several polling units experienced malfunctioning Bimodal Voter Accreditation System (BVAS) devices, a situation it said undermined the credibility of the electoral process.
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