INEC says it has no preferred candidate in Imo gov. poll, netizens overwhelmingly disagree

INEC says it has no preferred candidate in Imo gov. poll, netizens overwhelmingly disagree

Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Professor Mahmoud says the election body has no candidate in the Imo governorship poll. 

Yakubu was reacting to insinuations that INEC was working for the reelection of Governor Hope Uzodimma in the November 11 governorship election. 

The major candidates in the election are; Uzodimma of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Samuel Anyanwu of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and Athan Achonu of the Labour Party (LP). 

INEC chairman, in a comment which was shared on the commission’s X handle, read: “Let me repeat myself, INEC is not a Political Party. We do not have a candidate in  the November 11 #ImoDecides2023 election.The responsibility of who becomes the next Governor of Imo State is entirely in the hands of the Voters in Imo State. Our commitment is to protect the integrity of the process so that whoever the people of Imo State vote for becomes their Governor.”

Under the comment of Yakubu’s post, more than a  thousand reactions  by netizens were overwhelmingly negative. 

 Here are a few  

@x6blade said: “I don’t care that you are corrupt and untrustworthy. I am just annoyed that you think Nigerians are toddlers that you can gaslight and lie to.”

@CosagieSaint said: “Anytime they speak like this, just know it’s the opposite. INEC is a political party and has a candidate in the #ImoDecides2023. It’s INEC responsibility to decide who wins the election.”

@EvansSpeaks said: “Nigerians don’t trust you people again. We don’t have faith in this commission anymore.”

@escapefromnaija said: “NEC is a wing of APC so yes it’s not a political party. Nothing wey you wan tell us. INEC wey dey defend APC for court, dey oppose LP.”

@efam_xx said: “You do have a candidate! His name is Hope Odidika Uzodinma of the APC, the incumbent ‘Supreme Court’ governor of Imo State.”