President Muhammadu Buhari has nominated his Special Assistant on Social Media, Lauretta Onochie, for confirmation by the Senate as a National Commissioner of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), representing Delta State.
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This was disclosed by the Senate President, Ahmad Lawan, on Tuesday, October 13, 2020, while reading the President’s letter of request, at the plenary session in the Senate.
According to media reports, other individuals who were nominated by the president, alongside his media aide are Prof. Mohammed Sani (Katsina), Prof. Kunle Ajayi (Ekiti), and Seidu Ahmed (Jigawa).
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The president, in his request letter, said the nomination was pursuant to Paragraph 14 of part 1F of the First Schedule of the 1999 Constitution.
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If PMB is serious about electioneering integrity, he should not have nominated Laureta as inec commissioner.
She’s a well known stooge of the President and an eccentric diehard APC member. There’s no way election can be free and fair with someone like her in the saddle
He has nominated this misnomer of a woman in projection of helping their stock-in-trade, rigging of elections