The Lagos State Chapter of the Labour Party (LP), has raised an alarm alleging that the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) omitted the party’s logo on ballot papers for the Senatorial and House of Representatives elections billed for Saturday.
The state LP Chairperson, Dayo Ekong, made this known on Thursday, during a news conference in Ikeja, and called in INEC to reschedule the election until the party’s candidates were included on the ballots.
INEC in Lagos State on Wednesday took delivery of sensitive materials for the Presidential and National Assembly Elections scheduled for Saturday.
However, Dayo described the error as malicious stating it is unacceptable because it was a wicked way of disenfranchising Lagos Electorates.
She noted that the error was not a mistake but rather a deliberate, malicious, and intentional act by the electoral umpire.
“This malicious error was found out this morning in Lagos, by me and my team of executive members during the routine inspection of election materials.
“It was at inspection that it was discovered that the Labour Party was not listed for the election for Senate in and House of Representatives in Lagos State. This is unacceptable and a wicked way of disenfranchising Lagos electorates.
“It is unimaginable that for the elections slated for Saturday Feb. 25, Lagos electorate will only vote for the Labour Party Presidential Candidate as INEC made no provision for the election of Party’s Senate and House of Representatives Candidates.
“We cannot accept this as we do not believe that INEC made a mistake but rather, a deliberate, malicious and intentional act by INEC at disenfranchising our supporters from exercising their civic rights which is unacceptable.”