2023 election failure: Don’t blame your staff, resign from office – Atiku to INEC Chairman

The former Vice President and 2023 presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Atiku Abubakar, has called on the Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC to stop blaming his staff over his woeful outing in the presidential and parliamentary elections.

The outcome of February 25 election was dotted with controversies amid declaration of Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu as winner.

Controversy heightened early Wednesday last week immediately INEC declared the flagbearer of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Bola Tinubu, the winner of the February 25 election with 8,794,726 votes.

In the figure, Tinubu beat Atiku who polled 6,984,520 votes and the Labour Party, LP, candidate Peter Obi who secured 6,101,533 votes.

Yakubu, during a meeting with the Resident Electoral Commissioners (RECs) yesterday, noted that a number of issues affected the outcome of the polls.

Yakubu vowed that officials responsible for the infractions wouldn’t be involved in the gubernatorial poll on March 11 and would face disciplinary actions.

“A fish rots from the head down, and that is what has happened at INEC.

“Rather than suspend any staff, the INEC chairman is the one that needs to step aside as his first act of contrition.”