EU Report and issues in Nigeria’s electoral controversy | The Guardian Nigeria News - Nigeria and World News

From Left to Right: EU Ambassador to Nigeria Ambassador Ketil Karlsen; President of the Senate, Senator Ahmed Lawan; Deputy President of the Senate, Senator Omo Ovie-Agege and the Deputy Chief Observer, European Union Election Observation Mission Hannah Roberts during a courtesy visit to the President of the Senate yesterday in Abuja

For instance, a civil rights group, International Society for Civil Liberties and the Rule of Law picked holes on the report, saying that it left out a lot of missing points. While declaring its stand in a statement signed by its Board of Directors, Emeka Umeagbalasi, Chidimma Udegbunam and Chinwe Umeche, Intersociety said despite its thoroughness and validity, the EU Report “is not expected to be complete or full in its findings without missing some important points.

Intersociety further contended that a brand new constitution and continuous reformation of electoral politics happened to be “another very important area the EU Report omitted,” adding, “Nigeria is long overdue for comprehensive constitutional reforms.” The EU Report was another opportunity for the two major political parties to further trade words on the 2019 elections. While the ruling APC and the presidency viewed the report with some objections and caution, the opposition People’s Democratic Party felt vindicated.

The report read in parts: “In almost all the 94 collation centres that the EU monitored, the results’ forms and smart card readers were not packed in tamper-evident envelopes as required. “Citizens did not have sufficient means to scrutinise results. INEC did not provide centralised information on the declared results for the different locations and has not posted complete results data on its website.

It said, “Such reform needs political leadership that is dedicated to the rights of Nigerian citizens, and an inclusive process of national dialogue involving state institutions, parties, civil society and the media. This needs to be urgently undertaken to allow time for debate, legislative changes and implementation well in advance of the next elections.”

In all, the EU EOM Report concluded that the elections were marked by severe operational and transparency shortcomings, security problems and low turnout, noting that “the elections were competitive, parties were able to campaign and civil society enhanced accountability. Leading parties were at fault in not reining in acts of violence and intimidation by their supporters, and abuse of incumbency at federal and state levels.

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which also implies that INEC rigged the elections for APC / MBuhari

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