INEC must explain its incompetence after the elections- Buhari

Chidi Samuel|

President Muhammadu Buhari on Monday said the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has questions to answer following the postponement of the general election scheduled to hold last Saturday.

The electoral umpire postponed the presidential and national assembly elections five hours to the commencement of voting, blaming their action on logistics.

But at the caucus meeting of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) caucus on Monday, the president noted that INEC had all the resources it needed to carry out its duties.

Buhari said, “I have to leave my constituency and come to Abuja immediately, because I was told of the decision of INEC about 4:30 in the morning.”

“I told them in my statement at the airport that INEC had all the time and all the resources they wanted and then they have to wait for only six hours to casting the votes to tell us that it is not possible. Definitely, the reasons why such incompetence manifest itself has to be explained to the nation.

“After the elections, we have to know exactly what happened and who is responsible. Otherwise our efforts to make sure this system we voluntarily accept is not making progress, what is the use if we accept incompetence? The constitutions and the laws protected INEC but they must not take us for granted. If for example, the national assembly refused to approve what INEC wanted, then INEC could have some other reasons why they couldn’t perform.

“If the time constitutionally of election four years after was not obeyed by the government in the system, INEC will have a case. But we do not understand why, and we have to go into details after the elections to find out who is responsible.”

President Buhari also urged party members to be patient and remain committed.