2023 Polls: CUPP Urges INEC To Halt Results Collation To Avoid Anarchy

On Tuesday, the Coalition of Unified Political Parties (CUPP) urged the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, to postpone the compilation of presidential election results in the interest of the country in order to prevent disorder.

The opposition parties criticized the procedure as being unlawful and argued that because it had been compromised and that the Election Act had been broken, the results collation process should come to an end.

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In a statement headed “Why current collation of presidential election results are unlawful and a dangerous invitation to anarchy that must be averted now by immediate halt,” CUPP spokesperson and member-elect Ikenga Ugochinyere made the remark.

He claimed that the results were “fabricated by some rouge governors” rather than coming straight from the polling places.

Ugochinyere, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), House of Representatives member-elect for Ideato North/South Federal Constituency in Imo State, therefore warned that collation should be stopped to prevent invitation to anarchy and burning down of Nigeria.

He said, “The ongoing collation of presidential election results are unconstitutional and a possible invitation to anarchy that must be averted now by immediate halt. As a constitutional lawyer, foremost advocate for credible election and Spokesman of CUPP, I have come to the conclusion to advise that in the national interest that collation of presidential election results be halted in view of compromise and violation of provision of section 64(4) of the Electoral Act.

“Clearly, the results being collated were not transmitted directly from the polling units but cooked by rogue governors who were the same elements behind the Omuma magic compromise of the voters register and should be stopped before this illegality throws Nigeria into national confusion.”