Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission
(INEC), Professor Mahmood Yakubu, has insisted that Mrs Amina
Zakari, a national commissioner is not related to President
Muhammadu Buhari.
Professor Yakubu said this in reaction to the controversy that
trailed Mrs Zakari’s appointment as the chairperson of the
collation centre committee for the general elections.
“Let me say categorically that she is not related to the
President. She is from Jigawa State, the President is from Katsina
State,” he told reporters in Abuja on Friday after a meeting with
ASUU leaders.
The INEC chairman dismissed allegations that Zakari could help
manipulate the outcome of the presidential election in favour of
President Buhari.
“Let me state this very categorically, that the responsibility
for managing the venue does not in any way involve the collation of
results,” he explained.
“Under the Nigerian Constitution, I am the Chief Electoral
Officer of the Federation and the Returning Officer in the
presidential election. I am not going to share that responsibility
with anyone in the commission.
“I am absolutely responsible for the coordination of the
secretariat for the collation of results. But somebody has to
prepare the venue for us to collate results.”
The appointment of Mrs Zakari as the collation centre chief has
sparked mixed reactions since she was inaugurated by Professor
Yakubu on Thursday.
Hours after the news broke, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP)
rejected the appointment and raised an alarm of alleged plot by the
Muhammadu Burahi administration to rig the February polls.
In its reaction, the Presidency described the PDP allegation as
false and stated that it was the opposition party that appointed
her when it was in power.
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