FCT polls: ADC condemns Wike’s ‘monitoring’

The African Democratic Congress, ADC, has lashed retired astatine the question of the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike, astir assorted polling units successful Abuja nether the guise of “monitoring”.

In a statement, the ADC said Wike’s “monitoring” exercise, aft unilaterally imposing a curfew connected imaginable voters, represents nonstop interference successful the election.

According to the party, Wike is not a registered elector successful the FCT, and arsenic a known partisan and furniture minister, has nary law relation successful the predetermination exercise.

ADC said that Wike’s beingness during progressive voting is truthful not lone vexatious and meddlesome, but besides risks intimidating voters and officials.

“The ADC has received reports of elector suppression and intimidation successful parts of the FCT, including alleged collaboration betwixt APC agents and immoderate information personnel.

“We besides enactment disruptions to the INEC Result Viewing Portal (IReV), which has remained inaccessible adjacent arsenic results are being collated. We find this a funny coincidence and telephone connected INEC to urgently reconstruct afloat IReV functionality, with a wide nationalist mentation of the disrupt...