The Senator representing Kaduna
Central Senatorial District, Shehu Sani, has clashed with the Southern and
Middle Belt Leaders’ Forum over its call for the sack of the Independent
National Electoral Commission, INEC Chairman, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu.
According to the lawmaker, the
INEC boss had not shown traits of bias in the elections he supervised since he
assumed office.
The Forum had at a press
conference in Abuja last weekend called on the Federal Government to remove
Yakubu and the service chiefs.
In a statement issued in Abuja on
Thursday, Sani said, “The recent call for the removal of INEC Chairman, Mahmood
Yakubu, made by the Middle Belt and Southern Leaders is unnecessary and
uncalled for.
“The incumbent INEC chairman has
not in anyway demonstrated inclination or proclivity to unfairness or injustice
in his conduct and his leadership of the electoral umpire. The INEC chairman
has kept to the credible standards of transparency in Edo and Anambra
governorship elections, and subsequent bye-elections nationwide.
“The leaders have the fundamental
right to raise issues and observations in any of the activities of INEC and
demand redress. Nigerians are now more awakened and conscious of their
electoral rights.
“The track records of the
chairman and his pedigree is enough assurance and guarantee to give him the
benefit of the doubt to lead INEC through the next elections.
According to him, it was
impossible for the INEC chairman to bow to any form of pressure from any
quarters to undermine the 2019 polls.
Sani also said that he believes
that President Buhari, will not tamper with the duties of INEC.
He added that, “The President
that openly called on Nigerians to vote for whoever they want has raised the
bar of assurance in the credibility of the electoral process.
“In 2019, Nigerians will vote for the vehicle
to take them to the future, either by trucks, tractors, trains or ambulances.”
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