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INEC has been accused of bias by Peter Obi, the Labour Party’s presidential candidate.
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Obi claims that the commission was partial in its preliminary objection to his petition against the declaration of Bola Tinubu as the winner of the presidential election.
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INEC’s conduct has raised concerns about the credibility of the election and its ability to remain neutral in future elections.
EKO HOT BLOG reports that the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has come under fire for allegations of bias.
On Wednesday, Peter Obi, the presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP), criticized the electoral commission for its submission at the Presidential Election Petition Tribunal.
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According to a report by Channels Television, Obi accused the commission of being partial in its preliminary objection before the court and suggested that it appeared to be supporting the candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Bola Tinubu, who is now the President-Elect.
Obi condemned INEC for filing a preliminary objection against the petition he had lodged against the declaration of Tinubu as the winner of the presidential election.
He stated that both the Supreme Court and the Court of Appeal had previously cautioned INEC to remain neutral, fair, and focused.
It is unfortunate, he said, that INEC, as an umpire that conducted the election, would raise a preliminary objection against an election petition.
Obi further noted that he expected INEC to maintain a neutral stance in all litigations where participants challenge the outcome of the elections, rather than engaging in filing objections to petitions.
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The allegations against the electoral commission have raised concerns about the credibility of the recent presidential election and the ability of INEC to act as an unbiased umpire in future elections.
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