Presidential Polls: ACF scores INEC low, tells losers to take legal option
Arewa Consultative Forum, ACF, has scored the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, low on the conduct of last Saturday’s elections, alleging incompetence on the part of staff of the commission. It, however, advised those who lost in the election to follow due process in contesting the outcome of the election and avoid violent approach. Secretary-General of Forum, Murtala M. Aliyu, who noted this in a statement yesterday, said the positive comments by observers on the election notwithstanding, the exercise did not pass off without hitches. The statement read: “There were some errors, noticeable ineptitude and avoidable lapses, especially on the part of officials at all levels. That said, it has to be admitted no one in good conscience ever thought an exercise as gigantic as conducting a general election in a country of over 200 million people would go without hitches or setbacks. ‘’No country under the sun has ever conducted elections that are perfect,...