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2019 Polls: Contention deepens over EU report

2019 Polls: Contention deepens in Nigeria over EU report

The recently released report of the European Union Election Observation Mission (EU EOM) to Nigeria on the 2019 general elections continued yesterday to attract different interpretations.

While the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), in what looked like a sober reflection, said yesterday that it had resolved to review party registration guidelines, proponents of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) said the report (considered damning in some quarters) had vindicated the party and INEC.

The EU EOM specifically described the elections as marred by severe β€œoperational and transparency shortcomings” but said, in response to a question from a journalist, that it