Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) has accused the Presidency of trying to usurp the role of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) by describing the rerun election to the Imo House of Assembly in Oguta as inconclusive.

National publicity secretary of the party, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, said yesterday in a statement that it was up to INEC to determine whether the election was 'inconclusive' or marred by 'violence and irregularities', and not the presidency.

"To the best of our knowledge, it is either the candidates or the parties involved in an election that can take a legal recourse over any perceived irregularities. It therefore baffles us that the presidency has rushed to declare the election inconclusive and marred by rigging, and to call for the prosecution of those involved, simply because its preferred candidate lost.

The party said information at its disposal indicate that INEC cancelled results in eight of the 232 polling booths but insisted the number is less than 4 percent of the total number of booths in the constituency saying it is definitely not enough to make an election 'inconclusive.' ACN also accused the presidency of bias in the quest for the prosecution of those who rig or engage in electoral violence, wondering where the presidency was when the last Ondo State governorship election was "marred by massive rigging and violence."