Remove INEC Chairman from office – Agbakoba urges Tinubu

Remove INEC Chairman from office – Agbakoba urges Tinubu

 Olisa Agbakoba, a Senior Advocate of Nigeria and former
President of the Nigerian Bar Association, has advised President Bola Ahmed
Tinubu that the Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission, Prof
Mahmood Yakubu, must leave office by resignation or removal.

 

He said this on Thursday in a statement while congratulating
Tinubu for suspending the Governor of Central Bank of Nigeria, Godwin Emefiele,
and the Chairman of Economic, Financial Crime Commission, Abdurasheed Bawa,
fuel subsidy and foreign exchange corruption.

 

According to him, after dismantling CBN, EFCC, fuel subsidy
and others, the next thing is the INEC.

 

“Full congratulations go to President Tinubu for getting rid
of Emefiele and Bawa, fuel subsidy, and forex corruption. Endemic corruption
has suffered a massive blow. Next is for the president to dismantle INEC. Everyone will agree that
logistically, the 2023 elections are the worst in our history. I do not refer
to the merits of the results of the elections. Many results are disputed and
are in Tribunals. Both petitioners and respondents suffered at the hands of an
incompetent INEC.

 

“As we await rulings from the courts, massive reforms of the
electoral framework ought to begin, but this means that the INEC Chairman will
have to leave office by resignation or removal; otherwise, the reform task will
be impeded. I add that the suggested reforms have nothing to do with the merits
of election results. Both winners and losers of the elections were victims of
the failure of INEC. A deep cleansing of INEC will enhance confidence in
Nigeria’s democracy”, he stated.

 

In less than three weeks upon inauguration as president,
Tinubu has embarked on a number of reforms including the unification of foreign
exchange, signing of Students Loan Act and Data Protection Act.

Source: Remove INEC Chairman from office – Agbakoba urges Tinubu

 - NigerianEye

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