Ezekiel Awojide, Abuja
The Independent National Electoral Commission has denied recognition anymore as the national chairman and secretary of the Labour Party.
It also said nobody had been recognised by the commission as the national secretary of the former ruling party, the People’s Democratic Party.
Chief Press Secretary to the chairman of the commission, Rotimi Oyekanmi, who issued the rebuttal in a statement on Thursday, said the commission was still studying the outcome of various judgements of the Supreme Court concerning the two political parties.
He said, “Our attention has been drawn to some media reports claiming that the Commission recognised certain persons as the National Chairman and National Secretary of the Labour Party.
“The reports also inferred that the Commission had restored a particular individual as the National Secretary of the Peoples Democratic Party (according to the listings on the Commission’s official website.)
“However, the reports are false and misleading. The Commission has not made any decision in respect of either the LP or PDP.
“The names of the National Officers of the LP had previously been uploaded to our website following a court order, not related in any way to the judgment of the Supreme Court.
“In the same manner, the name of the National Secretary of the PDP on the same website was neither deleted nor reinstated.”
Oyekanmi said that as a law-abiding institution, the “Commission is carefully studying the judgment of the Supreme Court on the Labour Party and will communicate its decision to the public in due course.”
