03-01-2019, 05:08 PM
100s Of INEC Staff Have Tendered Their Resignation Letters After #NigeriaDecides2019 Results
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Mass Resignations Looms in INEC. Election Umpires Cites Intimidation, Harassment & Threat To Life By Security Agencies As Reasons For Possible Resignation
THERE are indications that some Resident Electoral Commissioners, RECs, and National Commissioners of INEC, will resign their appointments following alleged intimidation, harassment and threat to life by security agencies during the February 23 presidential and National Assembly elections
States electoral commissioners and national commissioners alleged that at the height of the threat to their lives, they had looked up to the national chairman of the commission but couldn’t because he was also under intense pressure and massive attack by high profile individuals.
It was gathered that some of the states and national election umpires are living in fear that they may be subjected to severe attacks in the March 9 governorship and House of Assembly elections.
Competent sources close to the RECs and national commissioners claimed that some of the states electoral officers were held hostage during the elections and were even left at the mercy of hoodlums as security personnel attached to protect them curiously disappeared, and left them to the elements when their services were required most
The sources also accused SECURITY agencies, including the MILITARY and other paramilitary organisations, of distracting officers of the electoral umpire on the pretense of protecting election facilities and at the same time facilitate illegal distribution of the materials to politicians.
A source said: “If there is no intervention, many of the RECs and national commissioners are contemplating the option of resignation because what they passed through in the hands of security agencies, they have not witnessed it before. “We have not seen this kind of thing before and all through the preparations. Some of the RECs were held hostage.” #nigeriadecides2019
Mass Resignations Looms in INEC. Election Umpires Cites Intimidation, Harassment & Threat To Life By Security Agencies As Reasons For Possible Resignation
THERE are indications that some Resident Electoral Commissioners, RECs, and National Commissioners of INEC, will resign their appointments following alleged intimidation, harassment and threat to life by security agencies during the February 23 presidential and National Assembly elections
States electoral commissioners and national commissioners alleged that at the height of the threat to their lives, they had looked up to the national chairman of the commission but couldn’t because he was also under intense pressure and massive attack by high profile individuals.
It was gathered that some of the states and national election umpires are living in fear that they may be subjected to severe attacks in the March 9 governorship and House of Assembly elections.
Competent sources close to the RECs and national commissioners claimed that some of the states electoral officers were held hostage during the elections and were even left at the mercy of hoodlums as security personnel attached to protect them curiously disappeared, and left them to the elements when their services were required most
The sources also accused SECURITY agencies, including the MILITARY and other paramilitary organisations, of distracting officers of the electoral umpire on the pretense of protecting election facilities and at the same time facilitate illegal distribution of the materials to politicians.
A source said: “If there is no intervention, many of the RECs and national commissioners are contemplating the option of resignation because what they passed through in the hands of security agencies, they have not witnessed it before. “We have not seen this kind of thing before and all through the preparations. Some of the RECs were held hostage.” #nigeriadecides2019