Prof. Attahiru Jega, a former chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), has responded to reports that the 2023 elections were tainted.
According to reports, Jega made the statement during a two-day Senate retreat in Ikot Ipene, Akwa Ibom State.
Jega has been cited as saying: “We have seen, in 2023 elections, the damaging effect of how people in the corridors of power get their client/partisan nominees appointed, without being thoroughly screened, and then they are influenced to compromise the integrity of elections.”
In response, Jega stated that the news did not accurately reflect his stance.
“The attention of Prof. Attahiru Jega has been drawn to a misleading report published in a number of online newspapers quoting him to have commented that the 2023 elections were compromised,” his Senior Research Assistant, Princess Hamman-Obels, says in part.
“The widely circulated report is incorrect and does not accurately reflect the presenter’s position.”
“Professor Jega emphatically rejects making this remark about the 2023 elections.
