Ikenga Ugochinyere, spokesperson of the Coalition of United Political Parties (CUPP), says the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) should halt the collation of presidential election results.

There have been concerns over the non-functionality of the bimodal voter verification system (BVAS) and missing results on the INEC result viewing portal, among others. In a statement on Tuesday, Ugochinyere, a member-elect of the house of representatives, said the exercise violates section 64(4) of the electoral act. He said this has made the “presidential collation exercise so far unconstitutional and an invitation to anarchy”. “The ongoing collation of presidential election results are unconstitutional and a possible invitation to the anarchy that must be averted now by immediate halt,” Ugochinyere said. “As a constitutional lawyer, foremost advocate for credible election and sp okesman of CUPP, I have come to the conclusion to advise that in the national interest that collation of presidential election results be halted in view of compromise and violation of provision of section 64(4) of the electoral act. “Clearly, the results being collated were not transmitted directly from the polling units but cooked by rouge governors who were the same elements behind the Omuma magic compromise of the voters register and should be stopped before this illegal throws Nigeria into national confusion.” On Wednesday, former president Olusegun Obasanjo said elections that have been marred with irregularities should be rescheduled. Source;