By Luminous Jannamike
ABUJA — The African Democratic Congress, ADC, has accused a group led by Nafiu Bala Gombe of using forged documents purportedly issued by the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, to falsely claim it uploaded the names of a presidential candidate and other nominees to the Commission’s nomination portal.
The party has asked INEC to investigate what it described as the forgery and unauthorised use of the documents, saying the development was capable of creating confusion and undermining public confidence in the electoral body.
In a statement by its National Publicity Secretary, Mallam Bolaji Abdullahi, the ADC dismissed the reported upload as false and insisted that only the leadership recognised by INEC has access to the Commission’s nomination portal.
“We are also, by this statement, formally drawing the attention of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to what appears to be the forgery and unauthorised use of documents purportedly emanating from the Commission in a manner capable of creating confusion and undermining public confidence in its integrity and reputation as Nigeria’s electoral umpire. We trust that the Commission will investigate this matter and take the necessary steps to correct this blatant misrepresentation,” Abdullahi said.
