A delegation from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), led by Performing Nationwide Chairman, Ambassador Umar Damagum, on Tuesday, June 24, visited the headquarters of the Impartial Nationwide Electoral Fee (INEC) in Abuja to handle key inner points affecting the celebration.
The workforce was acquired by INEC Chairman, Professor Mahmood Yakubu, together with Nationwide Commissioners, senior aides, and prime administrators of the fee.
In response to an official publish by INEC on its X deal with, the aim of the go to was to immediately interact the fee on issues requiring regulatory clarification, significantly these tied to inner celebration processes.
In his opening remarks, INEC Chairman Mahmood Yakubu, mentioned the fee is all the time open to engagement with political events.
“This assembly is on the occasion of the celebration. They requested to work together with us and our doorways are all the time open to satisfy with leaders of political events in our capability because the registrar and regulator of political events in Nigeria,” Yakubu mentioned.
He revealed that the confusion escalated after the celebration invited INEC to observe its a hundredth NEC assembly by way of a letter signed solely by the chairman, with out the co-signature of the nationwide secretary, a departure from long-standing apply.
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“I’m glad that that assembly was the a hundredth assembly of the NEC of the celebration, which means that 99 instances up to now you totally complied by inviting us via a letter signed by chairman and secretary of the celebration,” Yakubu acknowledged.
In response to him, the fee has acquired a number of conflicting letters from the PDP naming completely different people as Nationwide Secretary.
“Within the final couple of months, we acquired letters from the celebration saying that one Ude Okoye was the secretary. Thereafter, the celebration modified its thoughts and mentioned it was despatched to Samuel Anyanwu.
“Thereafter, the celebration modified its thoughts to say that it’s Arch. Setonji Koshoedo, and once more the celebration modified its thoughts to say it’s Anyanwu,” Yakubu mentioned.
“And the final letter from the celebration truly has no secretary in any respect. It was solely signed by the chairman, which we responded to.”
Yakubu concluded by stressing the fee’s need to assist resolve the matter shortly and in keeping with the legislation.
