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INEC urges police to investigate alleged fake result sheet production

INEC has called on security agencies in Rivers to investigate the alleged fake result sheet production.

Mahmood Yakubu, INEC chairman

The commission made this call ahead of Dec. 10 legislative rerun elections in the state.

The Chief Press Secretary to INEC Chairman, Mr Rotimi Oyekanmi, made the call in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Sunday in Abuja.

Oyekanmi also urged the security agencies handling the matter to ensure that suspects already arrested in connection with the matter and their sponsors were prosecuted.

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“The commission has heard the news about the arrest of nine people with fake result sheets in Port Harcourt.

“INEC wants to appeal to security agencies that the culprits should not just be arrested, they and their sponsors should be prosecuted,” Oyekanmi said.

It was reported that the police in Rivers had arrested a syndicate involved in the printing of fake result sheets purportedly to be used in the rescheduled rerun elections in the state.

The report added that the director and staff members of the printing press, Help-Mate Consult, located in Port Harcourt allegedly involve in the printing of the fake result sheets were arrested by the police.

Oyekanmi said that the INEC had no relationship in any way with the printing press and its arrested director on the production of the fake results sheet.

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“INEC does not have any relationship with the said company or any other one in Port Harcourt on the production of results sheets for the election.”

Oyekanmi also denied the allegation that the production of the fake election result sheets was with the connivance with INEC and a political party to rig the December 10, 2016 election.

“INEC will never connive with any political party to do such a thing to destroy the credibility of our elections.

“Our system is too strict and complex for anybody to successfully to do such a thing. It is not easy to break into the process,” he said.

He, however, said that the commission, having successfully conducted elections Edo and other places, would do what it could to make the election free, fair and credible in Rivers.

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“From our own possibilities, we are willing, ready and able to conduct the election in a credible manner.

“We are appealing to political parties, and politicians to please play by the electoral rules and guidelines.

“If they play by the rules and allow INEC to do its job, the election would be peaceful and credible,” Oyekanmi said.

INEC had last week announced the plan to conclude the pending re-run election in Rivers on the December 10, 2016

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