CISLAC, TMG and CSOs debunk report on cancellation of Kano Guber polls result
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By Ibrahim Hamisu, Kano.
The Civil Society Legislative Advocacy Centre (CISLAC), the Translation Monitotoring Group (TMG) and the Kano State Civil Society Elections Situation Room have issued a warning against attempts by some faceless groups and media outlets to spread fake news about civil society organizations calling for the cancellation of the governorship election in Kano state and other parts of Nigeria.
The group claims that this news is fictitious and malicious and has the potential to overheat the polity, urging the media to filter credible civil society groups from unscrupulous groups that use credible organizations’ names to concoct fake stories.
This was contained in a press statement issued to newsmen on Saturday by the Chairman, Transition Monitoring Group (TMG), Auwal Ibrahim Musa (Rafsanjani) and The Convener, Kano Civil Society Elections Situation Room, Amb. Ibrahim Waiya.
The groups calls for strengthened collaboration with security agencies, justice for those who perpetrated electoral violence, and the establishment of an electoral offenders tribunal/commission to ensure adequate and timely prosecution of electoral offenders in Nigeria.
The groups further recommended that the incoming 10th National Assembly to prioritize on legislation to establish the electoral offenders tribunal/commission which will take away the burden of prosecution of offenders from INEC and ensure adequate and timely prosecution of electoral offenders in Nigeria.
Adding that, It is also critical for the political parties to reposition the party system with the aim of improving internal democracy in their operations.
CISLAS and CSOs also recommended that, all potential elections observers should pass through Anti-Corruption Agencies screening henceforth, to ensure that only prudent and credible organizations are accredited as observers in future elections
“All accredited observers should learn and strictly adhere with INEC guidelines on observers operations, to appreciate their limitations as observers, which is only to observe and make recommendations” they stressed.
And also reiterated their call on the public to disregard in totality these wild reports making rounds and using the names of credible organisations and called for the cancelation of the governorship election in Kano State.
