The African Democratic Congress has called on the Independent National Electoral Commission to investigate the alleged forgery and unauthorised use of documents purportedly issued by the electoral body following claims by a rival faction that it had uploaded the names of the party’s presidential candidate and other nominees to the commission’s nomination portal.
The party dismissed the claim by a group led by Nafiu Gombe as false, insisting that only the leadership recognised by INEC has access to the commission’s nomination portal and has completed the nomination process in accordance with the Electoral Act.
In a statement issued on Monday by its National Publicity Secretary, Bolaji Abdullahi, the ADC said the reports were intended to create confusion and mislead the public.
The party maintained that INEC could not issue nomination portal access or nomination codes to a leadership it does not recognise, arguing that there was no basis for the rival group’s claim.
“INEC does not issue nomination portal access or nomination codes to a leadership it does not recognise. Secondly, the Commission will not issue two codes to the same party. Otherwise, every impostor would simply upload names to the portal and proclaim themselves the authentic leadership of a political party. That is plainly not how the law or the Commission’s processes work,” the statement read.
