Zakari’s Appointment: PDP Has No Right To Impose On The Nation – Keyamo SAN

A lawyer, Mr Festus Keyamo, has criticised the Peoples
Democratic Party (PDP) for asking Mrs Amina Zakari to recuse
herself from her appointment as the chairperson of the Collation
Centre Committee for the general elections.

Reacting to the controversy trailing the appointment of the
national commissioner by the Independent National Electoral
Commission (INEC), he condemned the allegations of impartiality by
the opposition party.

“We are stakeholders too, PDP has no right to impose on the
nation what its own sense of fairness is,” said the spokesman for
the Buhari Presidential Campaign Council during his appearance on
Sunday Politics.

Keyamo also faulted the insinuations that the reactions of the
All Progressives Congress (APC) were attempts to defend the
electoral umpire.

He insisted that the ruling party was in support of credible
elections and the Federal Government would ensure a free and fair
process as promised by President Muhammadu Buhari.

“We are not here, and let us make it very clear, to defend the
position of INEC because INEC is there to also defend themselves,”
the APC member explained.

“We did not make the appointment, we did not put her in the
position she is now. We are only here to make the point that PDP
has no right to dictate to the nation how we should run our
elections and run our democracy.”

Keyamo further described the controversy over Zakari’s
appointment as “a storm in a teacup”, noting that it was
unnecessary.

He, however, accused the PDP of repeating lies “in one million
times” in order to force such on Nigerians ahead of the polls.

The lawyer questioned why the opposition party was insisting
that President Buhari and Mrs Zakari were related by blood, even
after the Presidency had explained the relationship between
them.

He said, “This is another lie they (PDP) are repeating over and
over for it to stick at all cost that she is a relative. The people
involved have said they are not relatives.”

“They have explained the relationship that does not fall within
any of the definition of relatives,” Keyamo added.

“We all know who nieces are and we expect that if they are
saying that she’s a niece to the President, we expect them to be
graphic in their details, explain exactly how she is related and
what the definition of a niece is, and that is not correct.”

Culled from Channels TV