Israel Adeleke
A former Minister of Aviation, and the Peoples Demicratic Party chieftain, Osita Chidoka, on Wednesday, urged the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to be “accountable” to Nigerians just as the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) treated the case of Mmesoma Ejikeme, a 2023 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) candidate, accused of result forgery.
Chidoka, who is also the owner of the Computer-Based Testing (CBT) Centre where Mmesoma sat for her examination, said he will beg JAMB for leniency if the candidate comes clean with her result source.
He said “They should step forward and restore the integrity and sanctity of elections in Nigeria and remove the cloud of illegitimacy surrounding the election of President (Bola) Tinubu if their system worked as they are claiming.”
He commended JAMB for coming out “forcefully” to defend its integrity, saying the electoral umpire (INEC) should also act like JAMB and explain the “technical glitch” the commission suffered in the February 25, 2023 presidential election.
He said, “JAMB’s response is an example to follow. If INEC leadership has any sense of shame and any shred of integrity, they should save President Tinubu from a needless legitimacy question by behaving like JAMB.
“They should step forward and explain what technical glitch they had on election day that marred the upload of form EC8As from polling units across the country.
“They should share with the public the interaction between the BVAS sim cards and their servers. They should share the audit report of their servers during the failed upload.”
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