"INEC has no constitutional power to cancel elections", Kayode Idowu

The Chief Press Secretary to the Independent National Electoral Commission(INEC) chairman, Kayode Idowu, told sunrisedailynow on Channels TV, that the commission is not empowered by law or has no constitutional rights whatsoever, to cancel any result it has announced, that cancellation of results is only done at election tribunals, While addressing calls by some parties for the cancellation of governorship and state house Assembly election results in some state, particularly in
Rivers and AkwaIbom,

    “The law does not allow us to cancel any result after it has been announced. Everyone knows this. It is only the election petition tribunals that can order that or even cancelled the elections. We would advice anyone who is aggrieved to go to the court. “he said

He advised all aggrieved party members to approach the election tribunals in their state to seek any redress they desire.