PREMIUM TIMES published a story that detailed how four of the ten REC nominees by President Bola Tinubu have ties with him, his party the All Progressives Congress (APC) and some prominent politicians in his government.
Human rights lawyer, Femi Falana, , has threatened to sue the Nigerian government if the 10th Senate confirms partisan persons nominated by President Bola Tinubu as Resident Electoral Commissioners of thehow four of the 10 REC nominees by Mr Tinubu have ties with him, his party the All Progressives Congress and some prominent politicians in his government.
Mr Falana said the combined effect of section 154 of the Nigerian 1999 constitution and Paragraph 14 of the Third Schedule to the constitution has prohibited the appointment of partisan persons and persons with questionable integrity as members of the Electoral Commission, INEC.“In order to guarantee the credibility of elections, persons who are loyal to any of the registered political parties shall not be appointed as INEC Commissioners and Resident Electoral Commissioners,” he said.
“To that extent, the appointment of the 4 nominees will be challenged at the Federal High Court if the Senate decides to confirm them in defiance of extant constitutional provisions,” he said.A few days before Mr Tinubu announced these nominations, a former INEC chairperson Attahiru Jega, a professor, criticised the existing laws that empower politicians to appoint top officials of the commission.
“The appointment of Resident Electoral Commissioners should be divested from the president and given to the Commission at INEC, with powers to hire and fire,” he said at a retreat for members of the Senate in Akwa Ibom State.
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