{"id":125471,"date":"2023-11-29T18:21:46","date_gmt":"2023-11-29T18:21:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/11\/29\/2023-elections-credible-in-many-substantial-aspects-jega\/"},"modified":"2023-11-29T18:21:46","modified_gmt":"2023-11-29T18:21:46","slug":"2023-elections-credible-in-many-substantial-aspects-jega","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/11\/29\/2023-elections-credible-in-many-substantial-aspects-jega\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;2023 Elections Credible In \u2018Many Substantial Aspects&#8221; \u2013 Jega"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>A former Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission, Prof. Attahiru Jega, on Monday, described the 2023 general elections as \u201ccredible in many substantial aspects\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>Recall that many Nigerians believed that the election was manipulated, while some gave kudos to the electoral body.<\/p>\n<p>However, in a live interview on Channels Television\u2019s Politics Today, Jega said his favourable assessment of the polls was not necessarily in defence of his successor and incumbent INEC chairman, Prof. Yakubu Mahmood.<\/p>\n<p>Jega said: \u201cI would say that, in many substantial aspects, it was credible,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p><strong>READ MORE:\u00a0Probe Why Upload Of Presidential Poll Results To IReV Failed \u2014 Jega To INEC<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn areas where we have seen serious challenges that are avoidable and should have been avoided, I believe that to a large extent, and you asked me to be very frank with you, we have a tendency to heap blame on the leadership of an electoral management body and I have had my own fair share of those kinds of blames.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSo, to my mind, really, it\u2019s unfortunate it has happened on the watch of Yakubu Mahmood but it has happened not because, to my mind, I have no evidence that he is complicit in these things,\u201d Jega added.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A former Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission, Prof. Attahiru Jega, on Monday, described the 2023 general elections as \u201ccredible in many substantial aspects\u201d. 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