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APC campaign Directorate charges CSO, election observers to interrogate electoral process

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OBIORA IFOH, Abuja

The All Progressives Congress (APC) Presidential Campaign Council Directorate of Contact and Mobilisation, has charged Civil Society Organisations (CSO)and Election Observers to be free to interrogate the electoral process ahead of the rescheduled elections.

Hajia Hadiza Bala-Usman, Director of the Directorate gave the charge while speaking with newsmen on Tuesday in Abuja when she visited the YAGA Election Situation Room.

“As I mentioned earlier, we are keen to have a transparent, free and fair election, so we encourage observers, and we encourage any form of interrogation of the process.

“I am here today to lend to the voice of the APC to show encouragement to CSO, to encourage them to ensure that whatever is happening at the polling unit are highlighted for the world to see.

“They should ensure that whatever incidences happen are brought up for the necessary agencies to take action,”she said.She stressed that highlighting happenings at polling units was necessary to ensure a free, fair and credible elections.

She added that the Directorate was however, looking forward to INEC to brief Nigerians daily on its preparations for the elections and to ensure that materials were deployed to the right places and at the right time.

On APC readiness for the rescheduled elections,Bala-Usman, said:” INEC is the umpire,it will tell us whether there will be further postponement of the elections.

“But as a party, we are ready for the election on Saturday the 23rd of February”.

She, however, said that it was important for the leadership of APC to engage CSO to be abreast with what they were doing to ensure a free and fair elections.

She charged security agencies to step up their games and to provide necessary support and security to the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) especially to places it needed to deploy materials.

She added that as Nigerians were coming to terms with the postponement of the Presidential and National Assembly elections to Feb.23, INEC should ensure that the elections was not postponed again.

She stressed the need for functional pre-election situation rooms, adding that political parties and CSO should put their spotlight on INEC to monitor the movement of election materials.

“As you are all aware, some of the critical errors around voter concern has to do with election materials, ones especially sensitive ones fall into the wrong hands, we are open to any form of manipulation.

“So it is imperative that we put a spotlight and follow the sensitive material as well as follow what INEC is doing,”she said.

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