Adebayo Shittu, Nigeria’s Minister of Communications who reacted to calls for resignation of INEC Boss, Yakubu Mahmood, spearheaded by Adams Oshiomhole, has stated that the former Edo State Governor must first resign as APC Chairman before asking the INEC boss to.
The
Minister of Communications who spoke on Monday, February 18, with
reporters at his Ibadan residence on the rescheduling of the general
elections urged Nigerians to give the INEC chairman a benefit of doubt.
According to him, if the INEC Chairman resigns, it would affect the
conduct of the rescheduled general elections on Saturday, February 23.
“When
Oshiomhole supervised a horrible primaries elections of the party, who
called for his resignation? I will not support such call for resignation
of the INEC chairman. To err is human. We have not seen any political
motivation as to what has happened in INEC. If Oshiomhole calls for the
resignation of the INEC chairman, he should also be preparing to resign
as chairman. Did anybody ask him to resign for the horrible management
of primary elections under his watch?
“This is the first election
that Professor Yakubu will be conducting, so we need to give him the
benefit of doubt and I will advise that all the political parties be
vigilant. ‘If you bring in another chairman, when does such person begin
to learn the process? Or will you on the bases of that call for another
rescheduling of the elections? Certainly, it is unacceptable for anyone
to ask for the resignation of INEC chairman,” he said.
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