Yiaga Africa, a Civil Society Organization that collaborated with the Independent National Electoral Commission in the 2023 election, has criticized the presidential results from Imo and Rivers states, gistpeople reports
The organization, which deployed observers to states across the country, said in a statement released on Wednesday, March 1, that the results announced by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) were manipulated.
The statement was as follows:
“The state-level presidential results for Imo and Rivers are inconsistent with the Yiaga Africa WTV projections for both states.
“In Rivers, INEC reported 231,591 votes for APC (44.2 percent), 175,071 votes for LP (33.4 percent), and 88,468 votes for PDP (16.9 percent).
“This is in stark contrast to the Yiaga Africa WTV estimates for Rivers, which are as follows: APC 21.7 percent 5.0 percent; LP 50.8 percent 10.6 percent; and PDP 22.2 percent 6.5 percent.
“In Imo, INEC announced 66,406 for APC, or 14.2 percent; 360,495 for LP, or 77.1 percent; and 30,234 for PDP, or 6.5 percent.
“Once again, this is at odds with the Yiaga Africa WTV estimates for Imo, which are as follows: APC 5.1 2.3 percent; LP 88.1 percent 3.8 percent; and PDP 5.7 percent.”
“According to Yiaga Africa’s statistical analysis of reports from 97 percent (1,453 of 1507) of sampled polling units, the All Progressives Congress (APC) should receive between 34.4 percent and 37.4 percent of the vote, the Labour Party (LP) should receive between 24.2 percent and 28.4 percent of the votes, the New Nigeria People’s Party (NNPP) should receive between 4.6 percent and 6.4 percent of the vote, and the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) should
Yiaga Africa, which asked INEC to clarify inconsistencies in some of the results, particularly from Rivers and Imo states, also demanded that voting hours be extended to 5 p.m.
