2015 governorship election in Kogi was not influenced.
INEC Chairman, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, spoke at a stakeholders’ conference organised by the commission to validate its 2017-2021 Strategic Plan in Abuja.
Yakubu denied that INEC’s decision to allow a particular political party to contest the election without a running mate for its candidate was at the instance of Attorney-General of the Federation.
He said that the election held on a Saturday had already been declared inconclusive before the All Progressive Congress (APC) candidate, Chief Abubakar Audu, died on Sunday.
He explained that the commission waited for report on the situation from its Resident Electoral Commissioner in Kogi before getting into a meeting.
“We had the meeting on Monday and we looked at the laws, sought for the advice of the Legal Service Department and that of our legal consultants.
“We then took a decision on Tuesday but it came via press release which coincidentally came after the statement from the Attorney General.
“But the decision we took was actually supported by Supreme Court in its landmark judgement after the election.
“We did not take a cue from anybody in arriving at the decision that we took.
“We will never take such directive in arriving at our decision. We will take our decision and live by the consequences,’’ he said.
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