Connect with us

Politics

Bauchi APC calls for removal of INEC REC

Published

on

From ABBAS GUNGURA, Bauchi

The All Progressives Congress in Bauchi has called for immediate redeployment of INEC REC, Admin Secretary of the Bauchi office for alleged breach of Electoral Act.

The Bauchi State chapter of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) has lost conference and thereby challenged the credibility of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in Bauchi over the conduct of the last 2023 presidential and NASS elections held in the state last Saturday,

It also alleged that the PDP government compromised the security of INEC ad-hoc electoral officers in most of the polling units across the state.

APC called on the Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to immediately transfer the Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC) in the state in the interest of fairness, justice and credibility in the process.

The Legal Adviser of APC while briefing journalists in Bauchi recently over the conduct of the 2023 presidential and NASS elections on behalf of the state Chairman of the APC, Hon. Babayo Aliyu Misau, stated that the APC has lost confidence in INEC in the state. They allege that they have become the machineries of the PDP that manipulate the electoral process.

” We unconditionally demand for immediate redeployment of the Resident Electoral Commissioner for Bauchi State and the Administrative Secretary of the Commission for failure to ensure transparency and safeguard the sanctity of the electoral process.

“We unconditionally demand INEC to immediately disengage all of the illegal Presiding Officers and replace them with the trained Youth Corps members in line with the terms contained in the MOU between INEC and NYSC.”

“Similarly, we unconditionally demand that INEC must ensure that all of its ad-hoc staff are sufficiently trained before the next election of March 11, 2023 to avoid the occurrence of unnecessary and deliberate irregularities capable of undermining the sanctity of the election process.

,” As you are all aware, the presidential and National Assembly Elections were conducted across the federation by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in tandem with the approved guidelines and timetable for the 2023 General Elections.”

“We must commend INEC for keeping to its pledge to conduct the exercise as scheduled against all odds and apparent challenges. We further commend all stakeholders in the entire electoral process particularly, the security operatives, civil society organizations, international observer groups, the media and most importantly, the electorate who massively voted for our next President (Insha Allah), Sen. Bola Ahmed Tinubu and all other candidates of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the just concluded elections.

“We in APC, have always maintained the firm view of the electorate that elections must be free, fair, credible and in line with the international best practices. From the results so far released, it is obvious that the electorate in Bauchi State have confidence in our great party, APC which created panic in the ruling PDP in the state.

“However, we condemn in totality, the cunning move made by the PDP government in Bauchi State to financially influence the security and INEC ad-hoc electoral officers in some polling units across the state.”

“We have witnessed in some Local Governments Areas of Bauchi State where the INEC trained ad-hoc staff were replaced with certain card- carrying members of the ruling Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) who apparently manipulated the election process in favour of their party,” the statement concluded.

Continue Reading
Click to comment

Leave a Reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *