Amid growing concerns of alleged irregularities and frauds emanating from the October 10 polls, the Chairman of the National Elections Commission (NEC), Cllr. Korkoya admonished political parties to be responsible and verify their allegations before bringing them to the public. “Political technicalities from political parties and their lawyers are causing the delay, not the NEC,” he noted. Concerning Liberty Party’s request of the BOC to recuse itself from hearing its case; he said he could not comment on it because the party’s recusal request is not formally brought before it. “Political parties and individual members of our political processes need to be civil and do away with fabrications.

Source: Daily Observer November 09, 2017 02:26 UTC