PDP Cannot Dictate To Us How To Conduct Elections, INEC Speaks On Amina Zakari

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) on Thursday
said it will not allow the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) dictate
to it how it will conduct the 2019 general elections.

Speaking in a chat with INDEPENDENT not TheNigeraLawyer, Rotimi
Oyekanmi, Chief Press Secretary (CPS), to the INEC Chairman also
warned the PDP to desist from its personal attacks on one of its
National Commissioners, Mrs Amina Zakari.

“What is this crazy phobia about Amina Zakari? Why is one
political party paranoid about this woman? There are 12 National
Commissioners in INEC, why are they singling her out always? We are
not going to allow one political party to dictate to us how to
manage our affairs.

“If they have any problem with Amina Zakari, they should let us
know. She was appointed by former President Goodluck Jonathan under
the PDP government. She was not appointed under the present
dispensation. Throughout the time she was there under Jega, this
same PDP did not see anything wrong with her. Every national
commissioner is entitled to having a renewed term and her term was
renewed.

“This woman has a family, children and yet people are just
attacking her for nothing. What did she do? Would they be happy if
anybody is doing this to their wives?

“The way INEC is structured, not even the INEC chairman can rig
the election in favour of any political party or any candidate in
this country today.

“He is incapable of doing so because the system will not allow
it. So, if the INEC Chairman cannot rig, where is the national
commissioner that wants to rig?”