The 2022 Electoral Act in its section 84(12) warns that “No political appointee at any level shall be a voting delegate or be voted for at the Convention or Congress of any political party for the purpose of the nomination of candidates for any election.” The political appointees this section spells out include anyone holding a political office – ministers, commissioners, special advisers among others – must first resign their positions before they can be eligible to participate in the electoral process either as an aspirant or as a delegate.
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Two of Governor Ben Ayade’s appointees – Eric Anderson and Oliver Orok, both Commissioner for Culture and Tourism, and Commissioner for Sustainable Development Goals who are now Commissioners for Information and Orientation, and Agriculture and Natural Resources respectively, have violated this section 84 of the act. They were among the 2,322 delegates during the All Progressives Congress, APC, 2022 National Convention.
Erasmus said the party was not aware of any political appointee or commissioner that was a delegate. He argued that some of the appointees’ names were included in the list but later removed. Similarly, Mensan Offiong Bassey, Mrs. Majoerie Eyo Asuquo, and Oliver Orok are the three delegates selected from Calabar South LGA. Also, the result sheet is signed and dated 18th May 2022 by Usman Magaji as the Chairman, Local Government Area Congress Committee while Emilia U. Okonji as Secretary LGA Congress Committee.
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