By Seun Opejobi The Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, Mahmood Yakubu has refuted reports that the com...
By Seun Opejobi
The Chairman of the Independent National Electoral
Commission, INEC, Mahmood Yakubu has refuted reports that the commission is
operating polling units in Niger Republic.
Yakubu insisted that the Nigerian constitution does not
allow the conduct of elections outside Nigeria’s territory.
Reports have it that the Nigerian electoral umpire has been
registering voters in some parts of the neighbouring country.
A Facebook user, Uche Nwabuike, in a post, alleged that INEC
was operating some illegal registration centres outside Nigeria.
However, the Chief Press Secretary to Yakubu, Rotimi
Oyekanmi, described such reports as baseless.
Oyekanmi spoke at a Twitter space organised by The ICIR on
Permanent Voter Cards (PVC) registration.
“By virtue of the provisions of the Constitution, all elections
must take place in Nigeria.
“And to that extent, we cannot register voters or conduct
elections outside Nigeria.
“This is why Nigerians in the Diaspora cannot vote from
abroad,” he said.
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