The National Vice Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (North-West), Malam Salihu Lukman, on Friday called on the Independent National Electoral Commission to avoid fielding compromised returning officers for the governorship and state assemblies rerun elections.
“I want to use this opportunity to call on INEC that we must, as a matter of urgency, initiate the process of an internal review of how the 2023 elections were managed.
“As part of that review, they must address issues of ethical conduct of their staff , including the returning officers. I am a critic of the choice of INEC using academic staff as returning officers. I don’t believe being an academic is equivalent to competence in managing public service, such as a returning officer in an election. There are many cases of returning officers being compromised by politicians.”He added, “In fairness to Mahmood, I think the call is very unfair. What is really the allegation? That the PDP or the Labour Party lost the election?
“I mean, we’ve never had an election that is almost as balanced as the 2023 elections. Buhari lost in Katsina, Asiwaju lost in Lagos, and our national chairman lost in Nasarawa.”All rights reserved. This material, and other digital content on this website, may not be reproduced, published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed in whole or in part without prior express written permission from PUNCH.
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