The Taraba State Impartial Electoral Fee, TSIEC, has accused the All Progressives Congress, APC, of intentionally boycotting the upcoming native authorities elections, whereas making an attempt to mislead the general public about its exclusion from the method.
In an official assertion launched by the fee on Sunday, by its Secretary, Eyanu Yaro, TSIEC clarified that the sale of nomination types for the election was held from September 8 to 17, whereas screening of candidates was scheduled from September 23 to 30, 2025, according to the amended electoral timetable.
The fee revealed that the APC had initially rejected the sale of types, demanding that they be issued without spending a dime, and even threatened authorized motion towards the fee over the matter.
Following this dispute, the occasion reportedly did not take part in any additional actions outlined within the electoral calendar.
“To the best shock of the fee, on Friday, September 26, 2025, at about 2:00 p.m., the State Secretary of the APC, Mr. Fidelis, barged into our workplace throughout the ongoing screening of candidates. He got here with information stated to comprise the record of his occasion’s candidates for the election ” the assertion learn.
TSIEC officers expressed confusion and concern over the event, noting that neither the APC nor any of its aspirants has bought nomination kind, a requirement clearly stipulated by the Taraba Appropriation Regulation 2025 which mandates the fee to generate a minimal of N50 million from the sale of kind and remit it to the state authorities.
The fee stated the APC’s actions gave the impression to be an try to create public disaffection and falsely declare it was being excluded from the electoral course of.
“It’s on file that the APC had no intention of collaborating within the election. They neither bought types nor allowed members to take action. Their last-minute transfer was clearly mischievous,” TSIEC acknowledged.
The fee introduced that the APC’s declare of being “edged out” of the election was “not solely false and laughable, however seemingly meant to stir pointless controversy.”
