The candidate of the African Democratic Congress, Dumebi Kachikwu, has alleged that the last presidential election was marred by massive rigging Kachikwu in a recent conversation with journalists also accused INEC of being incompetent to conduct credible elections Among political parties the southeast politician pointed an accusing finger at in the election are the PDP, APC, Labour Party, and NNPP.
Dumebi Kachikwu, the candidate of the African Democratic Congress (ADC) has restated his claim that the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) is incapable of conducting free and credible elections.
During an exclusive interview with Punch on Tuesday, March 7, Kachikwu insisted that the same INEC which could not obey court orders cannot be competent enough to effectively oversee a presidential election overnight.
“I made it known to Nigerians that an INEC that refused to obey court orders and an INEC that had conducted sham elections could not overnight give us proper elections across the country. So what I said is that I predicted what happened in the presidential elections.”
Speaking further, the ADC candidate claimed that during the last presidential poll, the four major political parties were involved in rigging in their various domains.
However, Kachikwu mentioned that the outcome of the election was contrary to the expectations of most of these parties. He gave the names of the political platforms as the All Progressives Congress (APC), Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Labour Party (LP), and New Nigeria People Party (NNPP).
His words: “The four major parties, that is the PDP (Peoples Democratic Party), APC (All Progressives Congress; Labour Party and the New Nigeria Peoples Party rigged in the domains of their strengths but their rigging did not materially affect the outcome of the elections.”
