There’s nothing wrong with foreigners attending your rally, INEC replies PDP, Secondus

The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, has advised
the National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Uche
Secondus and other chieftains of the party to be complacent,
unworried and perform their constitutional duties as a political
party, noting that President Muhammadu Buhari of the All
Progressives Congress, APC, did not violate any section of the 1999
constitution by inviting foreign governors from Niger to attend his
Kano rally.

Recall that PDP has urged security agencies to delve into the
circumstances leading to the presence of the governors.

The opposition political party, PDP, was afraid that the
development could undermine the electoral process and national
security. The party wherefore charged security agents to
investigate the situation, with a view to stopping further
involvement of foreigners in subsequent exercise.

For the APC however, the issue constituted no threat to the
nation in any way.

In his own reaction, the PDP chairman, Prince Uche Secondus
urged INEC, to disqualify President Buhari over what he termed
importation of mercenaries.

His words, “In Kano, Buhari brought mercenaries to vote and
influence elections in Nigeria. I, therefore, call on INEC to
disqualify Buhari for bringing mercenaries.”

Educating the party and its national chairman, Oluwole
Osaze-Uzzi, the INEC director of Voter Education and Publicity,
opined that the governors’ presence in Kano does not violate the
law “as far as I am aware”.

According to Osaze-Uzzi as reported by THECABLE the law only
prohibits foreigners’ direct involvement in the electoral
process.

“They are not allowed to participate as either candidates or
voters.

“But they can only observe the process. As far as I am
concerned, their presence does not violate the constitution.

“INEC has no power to disqualify any candidate,”