Political parties, stakeholders, oppose relocation of collation centre by INEC

- Political parties with candidates in the next National Assembly election opposed plans by the INEC to relocate the collation centre for the Bogoro/Dass/Tafawa Balewa federal constituency of Bauchi state

- The parties on Saturday, January 12, stated that they had made their position known to the electoral body

- They claimed that any attempt by INEC to move the collation centre will contradict the subsisting judgment of the court and could constitute contempt of court

Collision of chairmen and secretaries of some political parties that are fielding candidates to jostle for the seat of member representing Bogoro/Dass/Tafawa Balewa federal constituency of Bauchi have reacted to the moves by INEC to relocate the constituency collation centre.

The seat is currently occupied by the speaker of the House of Representatives, Yakubu Dogara, who defected to the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).

This Day reports that the latest move by the commission is fuelling speculations that it is a plot to cause crisis in the area to pave way for rigging in favour of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC).

The parties, in a statement at the end of their meeting held in Tafawa Balewa local government area of the state on Saturday, January 12, said they had made their position known to the electoral body.

The statement read: “All party leaders present at the meeting strongly rejected the proposal tabled by INEC to move the constituency collation centre from Zwall in Tafawa Balewa local government to Dass or any other place.

“That Zwall was chosen as the new collation centre in March 2015 few days to the 2015 general elections on the recommendations of the federal government for security reasons.”

“That the Federal High Court in Abuja had on March 23, 2015 ordered that the collation centre should remain in Zwall.

“That any attempt by INEC to move the collation centre will contradict the subsisting judgment of the court and could constitute contempt of court.

“That all stakeholders agreed that the centre be cited at Zwall and should therefore remain there because of the following reasons;

“Zwall is on the Federal Highway linking all the three local government areas; Zwall is central and easily accessible from all the three local government areas; Zwall has not witness any violence or crisis.”

“Since 2015, there was no any crisis in not only Zwall but the entire Federal Constituency that will warrant such a sudden, ill-advised, and premeditated action by INEC which is supposed to be an unbiased and neutral umpire.”

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They also accused INEC of plotting to convene another meeting of select few just to endorse the “surreptitious moves saying, “That we are also aware that INEC wants to convene a surreptitious meeting in its office in Bauchi of so-called stakeholders any anytime soon where only a handful of people would be invited, granted access and will be made to sign a prepared document endorsing the proposal.

“That INEC should know that our area has witnessed unprecedented peace in the last four years and should not allow itself to be used to cause crisis with this hidden agenda. We want a peaceful, free and fair election.

“Consequent upon the above, we therefore totally and unequivocally oppose, reject and shall resist every attempt by INEC to move the collation centre from Zwall in Tafawa Balewa Local Government Area not only to Dass but to any other location for that matter.”

Meanwhile, Legit.ng had reported that the speaker of the House of Representatives, Yakubu Dogara, was elected as the PDP candidate for the Bogoro/Dass/Tafawa-Balewa federal constituency in Bauchi state.

Dogara was elected by all the 325 delegates from the constituency ahead of the 2019 general elections.

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