Edo 2020
Igini Denies APC’s Claims
The Resident Electoral Commissioner for Akwa-Ibom State, Hounourable Mike Igini has debunked social media insinuations made by a political group linking him to the Edo election.
The INEC REC clarified that he passed a night in Benin on his way to his home state, Delta State, having travelled by road, specifically Aniocha North, to attend the funeral ceremony of the mother of a long time close friend.
Stating further, he added that it was common knowledge to any reasonable person that, given what it takes to travel by road With all the insecurity challenges and the fact that he arrived Benin City late in the day, he passed the night in Benin with others who attended the ceremony.
He also added that ordinarily, he would not have responded to such barefaced lies, very absurd and nonsensical insinuations, having heard worse things in the past over elections, where political actors/election riggers that have little or no regard in their utterances for the institutional pillars of democratic society have continued to destroy the reputation that people have built over the years.
He wondered under what authority he would recruit those imaginary “youth corpers” that they are accusing him of when he is not a REC of Edo?
He thus cautioned that people should not continue to abuse the social media to put out information that are wholly incorrect about others.
He wondered under what authority he would recruit those imaginary “youth corpers” that they are accusing him of when he is not a REC of Edo ? Furthermore, he urged that such people should be mindful of people’s feelings and the sensitivity of the public.
He noted that this unfortunate situation is a reflection of the low quality of people who are now involved in politics and how low political decorum have sunk in our society that one can no longer go through Benin and even dare to stop-over to see family members-all because of elections that one has no interest in its outcome ?
In addition, he averred that it was necessary to disabuse the minds of innocent and decent people of Edo and all other citizens who may be confused in thinking that all members of decent society are unable to make the distinction between the decorum that high office demands from public officials and the scurrilous chatter of the political echo-chambers of politicians and their supporters.
He further stated that it is ridiculous to associate him with such alleged unethical conduct knowing that he had always condemned and initiated on-going disciplinary actions against staff and other ad hoc workers, some of whom have just been dismissed, as well as other non staff who are to be arraigned in court for engaging in conduct that are capable of undermining the integrity of elections.
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