At least four of the 10 new RECs are persons with public ties to President Tinubu, the APC and some prominent politicians in his government.
At least two new Resident Electoral Commissioners appointed by President Bola Tinubu may be card-carrying members of the ruling All Progressives Congress , the president’s party, PREMIUM TIMES can report.
But by the time the second list of RECs came out, there were 10 names with the inclusion of Mr Umoren from Akwa Ibom. Mr Akpabio also nominated him to serve as the Secretary to the State Government under his successor, Udom Emmanuel, then an ally of Mr Akpabio. Mr Umoren was onlyfollowing a fallout between Messrs Akpabio and Emmanuel, which also led to the removal of other key allies in the state executive council.In what could best be described as an induction into the party, Mr Umoren accepted a broom, an emblem of the APC, from Mr Akpabio on stage and chanted APC through the speakers.
Section 6 of the Electoral Act added that the appointees “shall be answerable to the Commission” and “shall hold office for a term of five years from the date of his or her appointment which may be renewable for another term of five years and no more.” With the new appointments, Mr Tinubu appears to be following the path of his predecessor, former President Muhammadu Buhari.
Mr Gaya, a member of the ruling APC said at the time that the 19 nominees were confirmed because the petitions against them wereDuring the last general elections, the sordid effect of the phenomenon Mr Jega criticised, played out in Adamawa when the state’s former REC, Hudu Ari,a winner in the governorship elections even though the collation of results was still in progress and when he was not empowered to do so by law.
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