The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has responded to the protest by the PDP, promising to address their grievances regarding the outcome of the presidential election.
The protesters, led by PDP standard bearer Atiku Abubakar, marched to INEC’s office in Abuja dressed in black and carrying a protest letter.
Speaking on behalf of INEC, Festus Okoye assured the protesters that their grievances would be looked into and redressed if possible, emphasizing that INEC belongs to the Nigerian people and does not have any allegiance to political parties or candidates.
“I have received this particular protest letter on behalf of the chairman of INEC and I promise you that this letter will be transmitted to him,” he said.
“If there are remedial issues to be dealt with, we are going to deal with those remedial issues.
“But I want to assure you that this commission is a listening commission. This commission is a public trust and this commission belongs to the Nigerian people.
“This commission does not have any allegiance to any political party. We don’t have allegiance to any political party. We don’t have any allegiance to any candidate. Our allegiance is to the people of the Federal Republic of Nigeria. I want to thank all of you for the peaceful way this protest has been conducted.
“The commission belongs to the Nigerian people and whatever grievances there are, we will look into all those grievances. If there are grievances that can be redressed, we will redress those grievances but I want to plead that all of us should continue to be peaceful and all of us should continue to respect the integrity of the commission and also the integrity of the Federal Republic of Nigeria.
“I am going to go and hand over the protest letter to the chairman of the commission and I want to assure you that the commission will meet over this letter, look into it and address some of the issues.”
While presenting the letter, Ayu called for a fresh election that would be respected by both Nigerians and the international community.
The peaceful nature of the protest was commended by Okoye, who urged all parties involved to continue respecting the integrity of both the commission and the Federal Republic of Nigeria.
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