Disturbed by the developing resort to the annihilation of its property and assault on its workforce by partisans, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has threatened to blacklist political parties whose members or supporters go haywire during their Congresses as well as conventions. INEC said it has watched with utmost dismay and significant concern the intermittent asperity, brutality, and annihilation of property, including the Commission’s property and equipment, which have characterized some new political party congresses across the country. National Commissioner and Chairman of its Information and Voter Education Committee, Barr. Festus Okoye, in a statement, issued Monday in Abuja, noted that the degree of violence is making it hard for the commission to practice its legal oversight duty. He said; “This is the season of political party congresses and conventions to elect their leaders at various levels of party organization and INEC is mandated by law to monitor them. “These meetings constitute a vital part of the electoral process and democracy generally in Nigeria. “The degree of violence in some of the Congresses is making it amazingly hard for the Commission to practice its legal oversight duty enshrined in Sections 85 and 87 of the Electoral Act, 2010 (as amended). In one such Congress in Kaduna recently, violence broke out prompting the annihilation of the Commission’s polling booths.
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