Former Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC) for the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in Akwa Ibom, Mike Igini, in a now-viral video was quoted saying Nigeria’s Constitution mandated a candidate to score 25 percent of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) before being declared winner in presidential poll.
Recall many Nigerians had interpreted the
relevant section of the constitution, which has portrayed different meanings
that a presidential candidate must win FCT.
This follows INEC’s declaration of Bola
Tinubu, the All Progressives Congress (APC) candidate as the winner of the
February 25 poll despite failing to secure 25% votes in the FCT.
But, in a video clip obtained by TRIBUNE
ONLINE, the former INEC REC during an interview with Arise Television, a few
hours before the February 25 presidential poll, said it is a “compulsory question”
for a candidate to have 25% votes in the FCT before being declared
President-elect.
His words;
“Provision of Section 134 (2b) of (Nigeria’s)
Constitution states: “No presidential candidate can be declared a winner in
this election without having 25% in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT). That
is very important for the world to know whenever (election results) may be
finally declared.
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