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February 25, 2019
A Civil Society Organisation, YIAGA AFRICA assures Nigeriansthat the organisation would verify the accuracy of the votes declared by theIndependent National Electoral Commission, INEC in the Saturday’s presidentialelection.
The Executive Director of the organisation Samson Itodo gavethe assurance at a news briefing on the preliminary report of YIAGA AFRICA“Watching The Vote” in Abuja.
He said through its parallel vote tabulation method, thegroup would not hesitate to expose fraud if detected in the election outcome.
Also speaking, YIAGA AFRICA’s Board Chairman Hussaini Abduwhile presenting the preliminary statement, urged all the stakeholders in theelection to refrain from acts that could plunge the nation into chaos.
According to him, YIAGA AFRICA employed the parallel votetabulation methodology-the gold standard for citizen observation.
Abdu said that immediately INEC announced the officialresults for the presidential election, the group would hold its own newsconference and issue its statement publicising its independent estimates of theelection results.d_ext�^���