Court’s ruling vindicates our position on Kogi supplementary poll – INEC

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has said the ruling of a Federal High Court in Abuja ordering it to continue with Saturday’s supplementary governorship election in Kogi State vindicated its position on the election.

The commission’s Deputy Director of Publicity, Nick Dazang, told the News Agency of Nigeria in Abuja on Friday that the commission welcomes the court judgment.

Dazang said: “The judgment vindicates the public notice that we issued and our resolve to conduct the election on Saturday.

“Our refrain is that nothing can stop us from conducting the election except a court ruling to the contrary and the court has said that we should go ahead.

“It is a vindication of our position.”

On the burnt INEC office in Dekina Local Government Area of Kogi State, Dazang said it will not affect the conduct of the election in the 91 polling units.

He said: “It will not affect the election because it took place before we took sensitive materials there.

The arson will not weaken our resolve to conduct a transparent election in Kogi.

“We are not deterred by that action.

“We will go on and conduct election in all affected polling units.”

Dazang urged voters in the areas to go out and exercise their franchise.