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Presidential Poll meets International Bench marks – Election Observers

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OBIORA IFOH, Abuja

A group of accredited domestic observers has described the recently concluded Presidential and National Assembly election as successful and met the international bench marks for credible polls.

In a statement issued by eighteen different monitor group in Abuja on Wednesday, the spokesperson of the groups and the leader of Organization of Justice for Equity Sustenance, Tunde Bafunsho said that there is also no doubt that the 2019 general elections marked an appreciable improvement to the previous process of 2015.

“Conducting elections anywhere is never an easy task and requires the collaborative input of all stakeholders including political parties, security agencies, traditional rulers, religious leaders as well as the entire citizenry.

“It is our considered view that the postponement of the Presidential and National Assembly elections originally slated for the l6th of February and 2nd of March 2019 respectively, evidently helped in putting certain measures in place that culminated to the success recorded eventually on the 23th of February rescheduled presidential exercise.

“We wish to place on record that both sensitive and non-sensitive materials for last Saturday’s elections arrived their various destinations on schedule and adequate for the conduct of both elections. Voter turnout was overwhelming and unprecedented in the history of our nation including the massive participation of women.

“Majority of the voters, media, party agents, observers, security agents and poll officials witnessed the sorting of ballots, counting and recording of result sheets signed by all concerned stakeholders and collation of result at the various collation centers, especially local government and State collation centers.

“There was separation of Presidential/ National Assembly collation centers where presiding officers conducted their activities professionally and transparently.

“All the stakeholders that participated in the 2019 Presidential/NASS Elections, performed their roles towards the sustenance of a credible, peaceful, transparent electoral process and democracy in Nigeria.”

“Hence, INEC having performed satisfactorily in the conduct and monitoring of the exercise which is above international bench marks, INEC should strive to sustain such noble attainment during the upcoming Governorship/State Assembly elections scheduled for Saturday the 9th of March 2019 and all other future elections.”

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