Mike Igini, the Akwa Ibom Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC), had denied manipulating the Presidential and National Assembly election results in the state as conveyed during his interview with the news agency of Nigeria (NAN) in uyo. He said the allegation was not true and that the election was not manipulated.
Mr Igini debunked that elections were won and lost at the polling units, saying the REC cannot be at the polling units from the beginning to the close of the polls considering the 2,980 polling units in the state.
Remarkably, according to him, he was not in any of those polling units from the opening to the close of the polls.
Information circulating in public which is very cogent and apt has it that the PDP had rigged the elections heavily and very successfully even in the LGA of the embattled Sen. Akpabio.
Is Mr. Igini taking a position that since he was not present at the different polling units in the state he should not be held accountable for the activities of the other RECs at LGAs and units working with and under him?
How does he explain the original electoral materials finding its way into the hands of the PDP members in the first place and the recourse of the materials back to the INEC officials in charge of the Local government for collation?
Also, considering that we are talking about a Local Government that is an APC strong hold. If this level of laxity and compromise can be perpetuated by the INEC officials working under him in a place like Ukana, the home town of Senator Akpabio we can only imagine what had transpired in the other local governments which are actually strong holds for the PDP candidates.
Mr. Igini’s claim of innocence is unacceptable and he cannot be vindicated from being the biased electoral umpire that he is on the guise of his inability to be at every polling unit. It is a clear show of irresponsibility and collusion and many Akwa Ibom sons and daughters are aware of this, despite his pseudo-integrity appeal.
Mike Igini is a PDP member
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