The Labour Party has demanded the immediate dismissal from
office and prosecution of Prof Yakubu Mahmood, chairman of the Independent
National Electoral Commission, INEC, over the reports on the 2023 presidential
election.
The demand was made by the Director General of the Campaign
Council, Otumba Akin Osuntokun at a media briefing in Abuja, on Thursday.
The organisation said the demand followed the final reports
of the Nigerian Civil Society Situation Room and the International Community
regarding what it described as the desecration of the presidential election of
25th February, 2023.
The LP called for a forensic financial investigation of the
billions of naira disbursed and donated to INEC by the government and the
international community.
In a Twitter post on Thursday, a spokesperson of the
Obi-Datti Presidential Campaign Organisation, Barr Kenneth Okonkwo said: “The
Labour Party Obi-Datti Presidential Campaign Organisation has demanded
unequivocally, the immediate dismissal from office and prosecution of Prof
Yakubu Mahmood, INEC Chairman, and Festus Okoye, INEC Federal Commissioner in
charge of voter education following the final reports of the Nigerian Civil
Society Situation Room and the International Community regarding the
desecration of the presidential election of 25th February, 2023.
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