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October 21, 2023
INEC boss Mahmood Yakubu
INEC boss Mahmood Yakubu

INEC Defends Poll Credibility , Days 891 Petitions Dismissed, Withdrawn

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) yesterday said 891 petitions out of 1,196 on 2023 poll have so far been either dismissed or withdrawn.
It said the loss of 74.4% of the petitions confirmed the credibility of the elections it conducted.

It released status report on the outcome of petitions it was in receipt of in connection with the Presidential, Governorship, National and State House of Assembly Elections to confirm the credibility of the last general elections.
INEC said it cannot be held responsible for re-election petitions which arise from party primaries.

The electoral commission made the clarifications following a report that 94.4% of all the strands of elections failed at the Tribunals.It said the mere filing of petitions does not affect the integrity of the recent elections conducted by INEC
In a statement by its National Commissioner and Chairman, Information and Voter Education Committee, Mr. Sam Olumekun, INEC insisted that the 2023 General Election was not regressive in any form.

INEC said: ” Out of 1,196 petitions, 712 were dismissed and 179 withdrawn. This means that in 891 cases (74.4°o), the tribunals found no merit in the petitions and affirmed the result of the elections conducted by INEC.

” It is surprising how the mere filing of petitions constitute a blot on the integrity of the recent elections conducted by INEC when in fact they constitute an integral part of the democratic process.”
INEC gave status report on the outcome of petitions it was in receipt of in connection with the Presidential, Governorship, National and State House of Assembly Elections.

The statement said: ” ” As of Monday 16th October 2023, out of 82 Governorship election petitions, 72 (87.8%) were either dismissed or withdrawn fby the petitioners.
“For Senatorial elections, 146 petitions were filed out of which 100 (68.5%) were dismissed or withdrawn.

” For the House of Representatives, 413 petitions were filed out of which 309 (74.81%) were dismissed or withdrawn while for State Houses of Assembly, 550 petitions were filed out of which 468 (82.4%) were dismissed or withdrawn.

“A comparative analysis would have addressed the deliberate effort in the report to portray the 2023 General Election as regressive on account of litigation without empirical evidence.

INEC said it was misleading to claim that 94% of the elections it conducted failed.
” The said report analysed the total number of petitions as if they were filed against the outcome of the election in 94% of all the elective positions without considering details of the cases.

” Multiple petitions were filed by candidates and political parties as petitioners in a single Constituency.

For example, in one State in the South South geopolitical zone of the country, eight petitions were filed challenging the Governorship election out of which seven were dismissed and one withdrawn.

“Therefore, the number of election petitions filed in respect of all elective offices will certainly outnumber the total number of constituencies/elective offices.

” To spread them across the constituencies and proceed to calculate the percentage is to count some constituencies several times which is methodologically problematic and statistically illogical.

” It is pertinent to note that the grounds for challenging the outcome of an election as provided in Section 134 of the Electoral Act, 2022 are not limited to the conduct of election by the commission.

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“An election may be questioned on the ground that the winner of the election was not qualified to contest the election by virtue of his academic qualifications, age etc.

” Many of the petitioners did not challenge the conduct of the elections by INEC but the eligibility of candidates or their nomination by political parties. Under the law, INEC has no power to screen candidates. Similarly, only the Courts can disqualify candidates.

It said although the number of election petitions had risen in the last three electoral cycles but upturned elections by tribunals were fewer.
It said most of the petitions failed because they were weak.

The statement added: “Over the last three electoral cycles, the number of election petitions may be rising but not the number of upturned elections. In 2015, 663 cases were filed at the tribunals, 87 (13.190) were nullified and the commission ordered to conduct re-run in some polling units or entire constituencies.

“In 2019, 807 petitions were filed but elections were only re-run in 30 (3.71%) consituencies (3 Senatorial Districts, 13 Federal Constituencies and 14 State Constituencies.)

” While the 2023 post-election litigations are ongoing, all five petitions filed in respect of the Presidential election were dismissed while three are pending on appeal.”

The Commission wishes to restate that it is inappropriate to solely assess the credibility of INEC or the conduct of the 2023 General Election on the number of petitions filed by litigants who, in any case, have the right to do so under the law.”

It asked the media and Nigerians willing to analyze the 2023 poll results to assess its website which has valuable infographics.
It said it cannot be liable for pre-election Petitions which arise from party primaries.

INEC said:” First, basic fact check on the information regualarlypublished by the commission and available on our website would have shown that in 2023, elections were not conducted in 1,280 constituencies, including 782 State Assembly seats.

” On the contrary, elections were conducted in 1,491 constituencies across the country made up of one Presidential, 28 Governorship, 109 Senatorial, 360 House of Representatives and 993 State Assembly constituencies.

” Similarly, the claim that State Assembly elections were held in only 28 States of the country is made on the lazy assumption that no such elections were held in the eight States of the federation where executive elections are held off-cycle.

” As every attentive Nigerian knows, the tenure of legislators is tied to the legislative houses which is a fixed term of four years from the date the Assembly is inaugurated unlike the term of office of the executive which begins from the date they take the oath of office.

“Secondly, a report blames the pre-election cases arising from the conduct of primary elections by political parties on INEC.
” These are intra-party cases involving party members in which they join the commission and seek for reliefs binding on it. As everyone knows, INEC does not conduct primaries for political parties.

” Thirdly, in pursuit of their right under the law, many litigants in Nigeria unfortunately file election petitions over the most improbable cases and later withdraw them or they are dismissed by the tribunals.

” If the report had taken time to analyse the outcome of the cases decided so far by the tribunals, it would have discovered that
” While we wish to restate our continuing partnership with the media, it is prudent to state that the pen should be used to strengthen rather than impugn the integrity of public ‘ons particularly where basic statistics demand that we should be circumspect.”

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