The Catholic bishop of Sokoto, Bishop Matthew Kukah has asked the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to improve on its mistakes before the March 11 gubernatorial election.
Kukah made this call during a television programme on Friday.
The election that produced Bola Tinubu as the president-elect has come under criticism as political parties and stakeholders have asked for the cancellation of the result.
Speaking on the situation, Kukah called on the INEC to ensure that voting materials arrive at the polling units on time and clear “all obstacles” that might hinder the free and fair conduct of the governorship elections.
“If we have any lesson to learn at all, it is that those who have their PVCs buried will have to start digging the ground to find them. Because I believe on Saturday we are going to see people going out to either consolidate their gain or seek to claim what they thought they lost through carelessness. So we are going to see a much more robust process on Saturday,” the cleric said.
“We just hopefully pray that INEC would learn from the mistakes it may have committed last week and ensure that voting materials arrive in good time and all obstacles are cleared on the path of ordinary people so that this process can be seen as being free, fair and credible.”
