He said INEC has considered the submissions of the officials and
undertook an audit of its personnel deployed as polling officials and
for related duties in the elections.
This is contained in statement signed by the INEC Director of Publicity and Voter Education, Mr Oluwole Osaze-Uzzi, on Friday, March 25, 2016, in Abuja.
According
to Uzzi, the decision was arrived at after the commission's meeting on
Wednesday, March 23, with the Rivers Resident Electoral Commissioner
(REC), Supervisor and Monitors of the March 19 election.
He
noted that the commission has considered the submissions of the
officials and undertook an audit of its personnel deployed as polling
officials and for related duties in the elections.
The spokesman acknowledged that there were some
challenges in its operational efficiency, especially as it concerns the
production and customisation of result sheets used for the election, but
was quick to add that the commission did not use any fake material.
"Specifically,
there was omission of the original watermark in the result sheets for a
few polling units in three federal constituencies, he said.
"There was also omission of some delineation details in 47 of over 20,000 booklets produced.
"The
commission wishes to emphatically state that there were no fake result
sheets or any fake materials used in the conduct of the election."
He
restated the commission’s decision to uphold the declarations and
return made in the federal constituencies where elections have been
concluded.
"Similarly, INEC will conclude and
make returns in constituencies where it is satisfied that voting and
collation were done in substantial compliance with the Electoral Aact
and our guidelines.
"Further details as to the constituencies and nature of the exercise will be announced by the REC in the next few days."
He
added that INEC would at a later date, conduct fresh elections in all
local government areas, constituencies and polling units where March 19
elections were disrupted before voting was concluded.
