Lauretta Onochie, presidential aide, promoted the All
Progressives Congress (APC) in August 2020, contrary to a claim she made on
Thursday.
While appearing before the senate committee on the
Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Onochie claimed that she quit
partisan politics after President Muhammadu Buhari was reelected in 2019.
The aide to Buhari on new media was screened as an INEC
commissioner from Delta state, following her nomination by the president in
October 2020.
“I have seen the petitions against me, but I stand for
justice and fairness. Thus, nobody has anything to fear. I am madam due process
and this is the reason behind my attacks, because I follow the law and due
process,” Onochie told the senators.
“Since Buhari was
elected as president for the second term, I have removed myself from everything
about politics.
“Since 2019, I don’t have anything to do with politics. As I
am sitting down here, I am not a member of any political party in this
country.”
But the presidential aide’s claim is false.
On June 24, 2020, Onochie said the APC was growing through a
growth process.
“There is DEFINITELY an APC e-NEC meeting TOMORROW. We are
going through a growth process. Thank you everyone,” she tweeted.
There is DEFINITELY an APC e-NEC meeting TOMORROW.
— Lauretta Onochie (@Laurestar) June 24, 2020
We are going through a growth process.
Thank you everyone. pic.twitter.com/mELOqnRuZm
At the time, the party’s national working committee (NWC) led by Adams Oshiomhole, former national chairman, was dissolved by the national executive committee (NEC).
The presidential aide posted the tweet a day before the
Oshiomhole-led NWC was disbanded.
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