Former President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, Gookluck Jonathan, has accused the Independent National Electoral Commission of undermining him.
Jonathan, who’s tell all book has been causing quite a bit of controversy, noted that INEC, which was under Attahiru Jega frustrated him.
He accused the body of distribution of voting credentials to the electorate in a biased manner.
“For some inexplicable reason, the INEC had been able to achieve near 100% distribution of Permanent Voter Cards in the North, including the North East, which was under siege with Boko Haram insurgency but failed to record a similar level of distribution in the South which was relatively more peaceful,” Jonathan said in the book.
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The former President also said he was on the lookout for irregularities, but didn’t want to use it as an excuse
“Social media was filled with all manner of stories, pictures and videos.” Jonathan said
“I had settled in my mind that I was not going to be the sitting president pointing out these infractions and accusing the opposition and the very INEC I helped to strengthen.
“The world saw my ordeal at the polling unit in my community in Bayelsa State, where the card reader refused my PVC even after we tried repeatedly during accreditation.
“And it was the same with my wife and my mother. It was a moment that exposed the shortcomings of INEC,”