Mahmood Yakubu, national chairman
of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), has confirmed that one
of the candidates of the All Progressives Congress (APC) is a contractor to the
commission.
Addressing stakeholders on the
reason behind the postponement of the presidential and parliamentary elections
in Abuja on Saturday, the INEC chairman said the contractor’s political
inclination will not affect the commission.
The contractor in question is
Mohammed Musa (pictured), APC’s candidate for the Niger east senatorial
district seat.
“Yes, I am aware. That company
has been working with the commission since 2011. I assure you that we have a
strict system,” he responded to a question by Osita Chidoka, former aviation
minister who represented Uche Secondus, national chairman of the Peoples
Democratic Party (PDP), at the meeting.
“No electoral officer will be
compromised. The integrity of the process is protected.”
In an earlier statement released
by the PDP, Atiku Abubakar, its presidential candidate, had said that Musa’s
company, ‘Activate Technologies Limited’, was saddled with supplying the
machines used in printing the permanent voter cards (PVCs).
“While Sani Musa has the right to
hold any public office in spite of his line of business, it is morally
unjustifiable to allow a well-known supplier of sensitive INEC materials to
partake in an election in which the key materials to be used for the poll were
supplied by him,” Atiku was quoted to have said in the statement.
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