INEC Chairman given deadline to step down, as CNPP and CSOs launch exit campaign giving him just 14 days to exit.
Under the auspices of the Coalition of National Civil Society Organizations (CNCSOs), the Conference of Nigerian Political Parties (CNPP) and civil society organizations (CSOs) have demanded that the Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, resign.
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The CNPP and CSOs have given Prof. Yakubu a 14-day deadline to step down or they will use every democratic and legal methods to push him to do so.
In a joint statement issued by the CNPP Secretary General, Chief Willy Ezugwu, and the Coalition’s National Secretary, Alhaji Ali Abacha, said that the INEC chairman, who failed to deploy the Bimodal Voter Accreditation System (BVAS) procured by the party, should be apprehended.
The Conference of Nigerian Political Parties (CNPP) and civil society organizations (CSOs) have asked that Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), quit.
The CNPP and CSOs have given Yakubu 14 days to step down or they will use every democratic and legal methods to push him to do so. The CNPP and CSOs contended that INEC, under Prof. Yakubu, has become an impediment to justice in Nigeria’s electioneering process by acting as a partisan arbiter and opposing petitioners seeking justice after being allegedly rigged out of elections.
They also accused the INEC chairman of exaggerating the N105.25 billion spent on BVAS machines for the 2023 elections. The CNPP and CSOs urged the INEC’s N105.25 billion budget for obtaining 200,000 units of the BVAS should be investigated promptly by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), other anti-graft agencies, and the Department of State Services (DSS).
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The CNPP and civil society organizations contended that the INEC chairman should resign after spending 34.51 percent of the entire N355 billion planned for the 2023 elections on the purchase of biometric equipment that never worked.
The CNPP and civil society organizations contended that the INEC chairman’s actions had crushed Nigerians’ aspirations for a credible 2023 election system and increased voter apathy to the highest level in the country.
