The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has dismissed reports that it has sent an access code to political parties to start uploading the names and particulars of their candidates for next year’s general election.
The National Publicity Secretary of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Jagunda Haruna Mohammed, was quoted as saying that the commission had provided the party, led by Abdulrahman Mohammed, with an access code, a move he said validated the legitimacy of the party’s leadership.
The reversed timetable and schedule of activities the commission released for the elections indicate that the parties are expected to start collecting the access code from 9 a.m. on June 27 for the Presidential and National Assembly elections and July 18 for the governorship and Houses of Assembly elections.
The Turaki-led faction of the PDP has reportedly also protested the issuance of an access code to the Mohammed-led leadership of the party.
But INEC’s National Commissioner and Chairman of the Information and Voter Education Committee, Mohammed Haruna, has stated that no code had been issued to the parties
Replying to text from a The Nation Reporter, Haruna wrote “We have not yet issued any access to any party. As a matter of fact, we’ve scheduled a meeting with all the parties for tomorrow at 11 a.m.”
