Labour Party has again alleged connivance between officials of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) and security agents in Lagos to frustrate the transparency of the presidential election in the state.

The party’s national chairman, Julius Abure, made the allegation in a statement where he alleged that results from various polling units in the state are not being uploaded to the Central Server.

He accused INEC officials and security agents of misleading the people with claims “that the BVAS have suddenly developed fault and therefore cannot function.”

Abure said that “information from the party’s field men has it that in places like Agege, Kosofe, Oshodi-Isolo, Surulere, and Ibeju Lekki, amongst others where results show that Labour Party won convincingly, the INEC officials claim that the BVAS suddenly developed fault when it concerns uploading results of the presidential election.”

“Information reaching me has it that in Lagos, they have refused to upload the results for the presidential election, they have uploaded that of the Senate and House of Representatives but for the presidential, they have refused. And they are using the police to drive our agents and supporters out of the place. And they said that they have firm instructions from INEC headquarters not to upload.

“For example, in Kosofe, they put the collation centre in a Local Government Area Headquarters. The place is surrounded by APC and people are afraid of their life. They are not uploading, they said that they have been giving instructions to insist that the BVAS is faulty. And most of the places we won, but they have refused to upload.

“As I speak, APC officials are in the Yaba office of INEC negotiating with the officials. What I have said now is happening in Agege, Kosofe, Oshodi-Isolo, and Surulere, we have this situation all over. In Ibeju Lekki, our local government chairman who attempted to stop them was arrested by the police”, he explained.

This is even as he highlighted a similar situation across the collation centres in Delta state.

Accordingly, the LP national chairman called on INEC to ensure that only genuine and verifiable results generated from the various polling units are uploaded, as he called on the police to resist temptations from politicians while also ensuring that democracy works. (Sunday Independent)

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