The presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, Atiku Abubakar, has called on the Independent National Electoral Commission to adhere to its promise not to use incident forms for the 2019 presidential election. According to him, any decision to use incident forms in the February 16 election is to encourage rigging. “There are no reliable and accurate means of knowing who those voters were and whether they were genuine or sham voters. Atiku said that at N143bn, it was safe to say that more than enough funds were appropriated for the INEC to acquire and distribute Smart Card Readers, hence no reason for change of decision. He said that the job of the INEC was to give Nigerians a level playing field and also conduct an election that reflects the will of the people.

Source: Punch January 03, 2019 19:07 UTC