The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has declared the appointment of Mrs. Amina Zakari as the Acting Chairman of the Independent Nation Electoral Commission (INEc) as unacceptable and demand that President Buhari changes her immediately.
Addressing the media at the National Secretariat of the Party in Abuja, the National Publicity Secretary of the Party, Chief Olisa Metuh said, “Our reasons include the fact that due process was not observed in the appointment and that Mrs. Zakari has shown in the last elections that she is manifestly bias in favour of the APC. Finally her appointment is a clear case of nepotism.
“We ask, if they trusted Prof. Jega and commended him for conducting freeand fair elections, why would they not trust him on who to hold forth in the commission until a substantive Chairman is appointed, rather than appointing someone who is retiring from the commission in the next three weeks?
While criticising the President for his inability to make key appointments, Chief Metuh said: “With the prevailing record of Mr. President on appointments, it is unlikely that a substantive INEC Chairman will be appointed in the next one year. Is there a hidden agenda? Has Mrs. Zakari been handed a script to act given that we have cases in the tribunals in addition to the forthcoming elections in Kogi and Bayelsa?”
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