Former Labour Party Spokesperson for the Presidential Campaign Council has called on the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to apologise to Nigerians over its failure at the 2023 presidential election.
Recall that INEC’s spokesman, Festus Okoye, had attributed the failure of the Bimodal Voter Registration Systems (BVAS) to transmit results of the presidential election in real-time to the commission’s Result Viewing Portal (IReV) to a “technical glitch”.
But speaking on Channels Television’s Politics Today programme on Wednesday, Farotimi noted that everything worked during the election except the INEC.
He said, “All the evidences are very clear and it showed very clearly that everything that should work on that day worked except INEC.
“The integrity of INEC as an institution went on exile.
“INEC is a public body established by law and bound to work according to the law. It advertised its guidelines, BVAS, IReV and everything. INEC was quite vociferous in explaining to Nigerians and assuring us of what would happen with the system.
“In a sane environment where people are still governed by reason, the likes of Mr. Festus Okoye should either have resigned or be somewhere writing a statement explaining to Nigerians what happened. Glitch? Is it a glitch in the human brain? A glitch in the technical system or a glitch occasioned by the complete shutdown of human conscience?” the Labour Party chieftain queried.
