The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has said it will investigate allegations of wrong figures entered into polling unit result sheets in the Edo governorship election.

The commission in a short statement on X on Saturday promised to investigate the matter immediately. “The commission’s attention has been drawn to an allegation of wrong figures entered into polling unit result sheets in the Edo governorship election.

“This is the second complaint we have received out of the 4,519 polling units used for the election. “The commission will immediately investigate the matter and deal with any proven infraction,” INEC said.

Recall that the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) on Saturday demanded the immediate arrest and prosecution of a Presiding Officer (PO) in the state governorship election, Josephine Obozuwa, for allegedly compromising election results.

The PDP in a statement by its National Publicity Secretary, Debo Ologunagba, alleged that Obozuwa brazenly allocated votes to the All Progressives Congress (APC) beyond the number of accredited voters at the polling unit.

He said the election result sheet for Osholo Primary School Polling Unit, Weppa in Etsako East Local Government showed that only 213 voters were accredited at the polling unit.

Ologunagba added that the result sheet further revealed that Obozuwa who “criminally and fraudulently allocated 352 votes to the APC, 52 to the PDP and one to the LP, giving a total of 406 as votes cast.”

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