Forensic
test(s) for all votes
By Chinedu Vincent
Akuta
Before proceeding, permit me to use this
medium to condemn the post presidential election violence in the Northern parts
of Nigeria.
Let me also commiserate with those families that lost innocent people.
My concerns are that, crises of this nature
seem to have no end in sight. Human lives have no value and meaning in Nigeria. I
heard that some states are evacuating youth corpers from their states of origin
from crises areas (Bauchi etc).
I was also reliably informed that even the
Presidential candidate of the Congress For Progressive Change (Gen. Buhari) was
not spared during the crises. His convoy was attacked.
The Congress For
Progressive Change is seeking for the forensic examination of the Presidential
election votes in 22 states of the federation. I supported and
campaigned for Buhari/Bakare ticket under CPC Party, but I would rather ask the
Independent National Electoral
Commission (INEC) to extend this forensic examination to
all states of the federation including the federal capital territory (Abuja).
There were also
allegations of under aged voters for CPC Party in the Northern part of Nigeria. To
achieve a balance, there should be a forensic examination of all the states.
Perhaps, this will give Nigerians and the international community the true
results of the votes. It will also help to heal the wounds thus created so far.
It will also be
in the national interest to publish in our national dailies those, whose
biometric data will show as having voted twice or more in a particular
election. Before the elections started, Independent National Electoral
Commission (INEC) discovered about 500,000 double registrants on the concluded voters registration exercise.
In same manner, INEC should simply cross check
all votes using forensic technology. This should be applicable to all disputed
elections. Next should be to prosecute offenders. Till date, am yet to hear
that some one or groups have been sent to jail for electoral malpractices. May
God bless Nigeria.
Chinedu Vincent
Akuta is an activist and
Citizens Journalist.
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