In Enugu, Abia and Adamawa states in particular, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has been going back and forth, speaking from both sides of the mouth and playing hide and seek with the March 18, 2023 governorship election results.

In all of the three states mentioned above, the electorate already know who their duly elected gubernatorial candidates are. But INEC claims it doesn’t for sundry contrived reasons.

This note is simply intended to draw the attention of the general public, the relevant authorities, all lovers of democracy, good governance and peace and indeed all persons of goodwill to the manoeuvering and manipulations of a few corrupt and compromised officials of INEC who are working hard to create crisis and provoke the breakdown of law and order by attempting to change the voice, vote and choice of the electorate.

This country is already on edge after the February 25 and March 18 elections. INEC should, therefore, be doing and be seen to be doing everything to de-escalate the tension, anger, and disillusionment in the land and not to deliberately or unwittingly do the opposite.

I hereby call on President Muhammadu Buhari and the INEC Chairman, Prof. Mahmoud Yakubu, to call the INEC officials in these and similar states to order. It is time to do the right thing for once and save Nigeria and Nigerians the possibility of further embarrassment and crises. A stitch in time saves nine.

•Chief Mrs. Mary Ikoku, a politician, gender activist and communications veteran, writes from Arochukwu, Abia State.