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From Romanus Ugwu, Abuja
All Progressives Congress (APC) has charged INEC to address the gaps or hitches identified during the presidential election to avoid re-occurrence in the governorship and state Assembly election.
The party in a statement by its National Publicity Secretary, Felix Morka, also urged INEC to do everything within its power to preserve and protect the integrity of the extracted data from Bimodal Voter Accreditation System (BVAS) as it has committed to do before the court.
It said it respects the decision of INEC to postpone the governorship and State House of Assembly elections to March 18, following the ruling by the Presidential Election Petition Tribunal on the reconfiguration of the BVAS used for the presidential election.
“Even as presidential candidates and their political parties explore and exercise their constitutional liberty to challenge or defend the outcome of the presidential and National Assembly elections, we must remind ourselves of the overriding duty that we bear to eschew conduct and action capable of undermining the peace of our country or imperil the capacity of INEC to conduct the upcoming gubernatorial and state assembly elections.
“Our candidate, now President-Elect, Bola Tinubu ,emerged as the overwhelming choice of Nigerians in the presidential election which was free, fair and in substantial compliance with the Electoral Act and INEC Guidelines for the 2023 general elections. We are thankful for our renewed presidential mandate, and urge our supporters and indeed all Nigerians to double down on their support for our great party, and its candidates in the upcoming governorship and state Assembly election,” Morka said.
