The African Democratic Congress has criticised FCT minister Nyesom Wike over his movement across polling centres in Abuja during the area council elections on Saturday, describing it as undue interference disguised as “monitoring.”
The ADC said Wike’s “monitoring” exercise, after unilaterally imposing a curfew on potential voters, was a direct interference in the election.
The party, in a statement issued by its National Publicity Secretary, Mallam Bolaji Abdullahi, said: ”He is not a registered voter in the FCT, and as a known partisan and cabinet minister, Wike has no constitutional role in the election exercise.
“His presence during active voting is therefore not only vexatious and meddlesome, but also risks intimidating voters and officials.”
ADC claimed it also received reports of voter suppression and intimidation in parts of the FCT, including alleged collaboration between APC agents and some security personnel.
Abdullahi said, ”We also note disruptions to the INEC Result Viewing Portal (IReV), which has remained inaccessible even as results are being collated. We find this a curious coincidence and call on INEC to urgently restore full IReV functionality, with a clear public explanation of the disruption.
”We urge all our party agents and voters to remain calm but vigilant, and to document all incidents.”
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