Protesters Besiege INEC Headquarters
November 9, 2019
4:05 am
Hundreds of protesters yesterday barricaded the headquarters of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in Abuja to demand for free, fair and credible governorship elections in Kogi and Bayelsa states. The protesters, led by Adebayo Raphael, the convener of Free Nigeria Movement, accused the Commission of conducting the 2019 general elections below the minimum standard.
Adebayo urged the Commission to put in place strong mechanisms that would make the two elections to be adjudged as free, fair and credible.A letter submitted to the Commission after the protest, signed by Deji Adeyanju of Concerned Nigerians, noted: “We write to express our …
