The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) was reported to have rejected the governorship candidates of seven political parties without proffering any tangible reasons.
Interestingly, same INEC refused to disqualify the candidacy of presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), retired Major General Muhammadu Buhari who clearly failed to abide by electoral guideline which suggests that any candidate running for the presidency should attach copies of his credential to his nomination form before submission.
This move is unfare. Atleast, Nigerians deserve to know why those governorship candidates were rejected by INEC so as to have an informed opinion.
According to INEC, political parties and states affected includes; the Peoples Party of Nigeria (PPN) in Delta State; Labour Party (LP) in Niger State; the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP) in Ogun State; and the Unity Party of Nigeria (UPN) in Oyo State.
Others are the United Democratic Party (UDP) in Rivers State; and the Peoples Democratic Movement (PDM) in Sokoto and Zamfara states. The names of the affected candidates were either not released by the commission.
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