The European Union Election Observation Mission (EU EOM) has said that the Presidential and National Assembly polls in Nigeria were marred by violence, not credible and fell short of basic international standards.
The Chief Observer of the EU EOM, Barry Andrews, made the disclosure in Abuja on Monday, as he reported different kinds of irregularities during the elections.
He stressed that the elections were marred by violence, poor organisation, lack of transparency, significant evidence of fraud, voter disenfranchisement and bias.
“These elections have not lived up to the hopes and expectations of the Nigerian people and the process cannot be considered to have been credible,” he said.
- He said there were credible reports of election-related deaths and described a climate of impunity and electoral violations that had undermined the entire process.