Oyogist has learned that the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) says it is “unconstitutional” to get approval from the NCC before transmitting election results
Sources had earlier disclosed that the commission plans to
INEC National Commissioner, Okechukwu Ibeanu, stated this on Wednesday in Abuja during a parley with media executives
Regarding the transmission of election results, Mr Ibeanu stated, “Let me then tie this to the suggestion by the National Assembly that to transmit results electronically, INEC has to clear with the NCC, that is absolutely unconstitutional.
”Further explaining, he noted, “We cannot say that for INEC to transmit election results it has to get an approval of another agency of government when actually INEC has the power to impose a duty on NCC to achieve the transmission of electronic results.”
“What is left is for INEC to use the power that the constitution gave it,” he added.
