INEC official raises alarm, says Igbo, Christian Ratechs replaced with Yoruba, Hausa Muslims ahead of Lagos guber election
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An official of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), name withheld, has raised alarm over alleged move by the Electoral umpire to rig the forthcoming governorship election coming up on March 18, 2023, in Lagos.
According to the official, who is a member of the INEC team working across the polling units in Lagos State, he received an internal memo from their superior in their Whatsapp group stating that INEC Chairman, Mahmood Yakubu, sent a new list of people who will work on the governorship and state assembly elections.
He found that his name has been removed including other Igbos, Niger Deltans and Christians who worked during the presidential elections in February 25, 2023 especially in Lagos.
They also discovered that they have replaced them with Yoruba and Hausa Muslim names.
The source claimed that they believe these are the people who stand with their All Progressive Congress (APC) mandate.
Below is a copy of the message they received from their Whatsapp group:
“Good evening Guys. Just got a new list of Ratechs from INEC State HQ for the Governorship/State Assembly now. The list was shuffled all through the 20 LGAs in Lagos and if you are still lucky to still find yourself, you will be added to the new WhatsApp group and if otherwise, goodluck, and its nice working with you. Thanks.”
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Ratechs are technical people in charge of service, configuring and supervising the BVAS machine assigned to various Wards during the elections in INEC.
Explaining why INEC shift elections earlier scheduled for March 11, the source noted that INEC is working with all Electoral Officers (EO) and LGtech (Local Government Head of Ratech) and that they trying to buy more time so they can complete fine-tuning of their manipulation of the elections.
“They are removing Igbos, Niger Deltans and Christians from most states they will be using as their political stronghold.
“They want to do everything possible to make sure they successful rig this gubernatorial election again this time with clinical precision,” he added.
