The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Nasarawa State has alleged that the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in Lafia, the Nasarawa State capital has refused to obey the court order directing them to allow the legal team of the PDP to inspect the documents/reports of the 18 March 2023 governorship election in the state.
This is contained in a statement by the Secretary of PDP in Nasrawa State, Alhaji Adamu Bako Ninga in Lafia.
According to Ninga, the alleged threat by the administrative secretary of INEC In the state, Alhaji Musa Usman Wase to destroy the documents/reports in order to hide the evidence of the massive rigging that took place at Gayam and Chiroma wards in Lafia and in Tunga in Awe LGAs.
“The Admin Secretary of INEC in the state, Alhaji Musa Usman Wase reportedly directed that no document on the election should be released to our lawyers despite the the court order and our official request for the documents.
“Besides, there are strong rumors of threat by the Admin Secretary to tamper with the documents because of the obvious discrepancies between the iRev results and the figures announced by the INEC returning officer declaring Abdullahi Sule as winner.
“The PDP wishes to alert the public that Usman Wase is working to frustrate the PDP Legal team and to tamper with election documents to hide the rigging that took place in Lafia and Awe LGAs.
“PDP calls on the INEC National Chairman to direct the Lafia office to respect the Order of the courts and to immediately release the certified true copies and allow our legal team inspect the election materials.
“We condemn the blatant partisanship of Usman Wase and the Director of Operations and the alleged threat to tamper with records of the Governorship election in Nasarawa state,” Ninga submitted.