Former Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC), Barrister Mike Igini,has advised those planning to rig the 2023 general election to bury the thought, insisting the elections would be won or lost in the polling units.
The ex-REC also applauded the current National Assembly (NASS) for passing the new Electoral Act Amendments Bill which President Muhammadu Buhari gave his assent.
Igini who recently retired as the Akwa Ibom state REC spoke on Channels Television breakfast programme Sunrise Daily which was monitored in Abuja on Monday.
According to him, the 2022 Electoral Act has made polling units the “Center of the Universe”, pointing out that the new Electoral Act has given INEC unfettered powers to deploy technology in the conduct of the elections and the introduction of the Bimodal Voting Accreditation System (BVAS) and its sister (iREV) would make it highly impossible to rig the elections at the polling units level.
Said he: “The 2022 Electoral Act has made Polling Units the…
