Stop Attacks On INEC, Seek Redress, Northern Group Tells Politicians

The Concerned Northern Political Trackers of Nigeria (CONPTRAN) has called on politicians to desist from attacking the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) or its staff over the last elections, and instead, go to court and register their grievances.

The national coordinator of CONPTRAN, Isah Haruna in a statement, reminded aggrieved politicians who lost the presidential election that there would always be one winner in any election.

He said the attacks on INEC chairman, Professor Mahmood Yakubu and ICT director at the commission, Engr. Paul Omokore, was needless.

“The attention of Concerned Northern Political Trackers of Nigeria (CONPTRAN), an independent election tracking organization, has been drawn towards attacks and baseless allegations labelled against the INEC Chairman Prof. Mahmood Yakubu and Engr. Paul Omokore, the serving ICT director, by some political jobbers in the country.

“The politicians who have issued conflicting statements and comments to the Nigerian public through various media platforms in what looks more like a reaction to losing the recently concluded elections are not only presenting the INEC boss and Mr Omokore in bad light but also defaming the good image of INEC.

“Part of the allegations labelled against Mr Omokore includes among others, that he was bribed to shut down the INEC server to favour a particular political party in the wake of the election.

“It should be noted that the said INEC portal is resident in Amazon Web Service (AWS), a world-renowned and reputable secured cloud-based server.

“As regards this allegation, the AWS had issued a statement that no portal was at any time shut down from its end.

“The glitches were from the Presidential Application which was not developed by Mr Omokore from the onset,” the statement said.