2019 Poll Wasn’t Credible -Situation Room

Nigeria Civil Society Situation Room yesterday said that the 2019 general elections in Nigeria failed to meet the “threshold for free, fair and credible elections.”
The civil society organisation, which was one of the accredited election monitors, said this while presenting its report on the 2019 elections.
According to Clement Nwankwo, Convener, Nigeria Civil Society Situation Room, “The 2019 general elections did not meet the threshold for free, fair and credible elections.
He added, “There were differences between the number of accredited voters and the total number of votes cast in many Polling Units. The Independent National Electoral Commission operations fell short of its identified role.
“Military involvement in the 2019 general elections were outside of the limits allowed by law.
“There are questions about the role played by the executive as well as other state institutions, such as the military and the security services and their negative effect on the credibility of the elections in Nigeria.”
Part of the report read, “With the relative success achieved in the 2015 general elections, the Nigerian electorate was hopeful that a standard had been set, below which future elections should not fall. The 2019 elections were, therefore, supposed to be a consolidation of the gains made in 2015. Instead of this happening, the Nigeria Civil Society Situation Room’s observation of the 2019 general elections reveal serious shortcomings that questioned the credibility of the exercise.