The senate on Wednesday confirmed
four resident electoral commissioners (RECs) for the Independent National
Electoral Commission (INEC) but not without a scenario.
Sulieman Nazif, chairman of the
INEC committee, while presenting his report recommended that Monday Udo Tom,
Attahiru Garba Madami and Festus Okoye should be confirmed but Ahmed Bello
Mahmud should be rejected.
Nazif based his recommendation on
a petition received by his committee.
In response, Kabir Marafa,
senator representing Zamfara central, protested alleging that the petition was
written by Abdulaziz Yari, governor of Zamfara, without an affidavit required
by their rules.
Marafa alleged that the chairman
was compromised, arguing that he had evidence to back his claim.
“There was a petition by the
state governor. The governor said he was not from Zamfara state, but from
Sokoto state,” he said.
“But the report of this committee
stated that he went to primary, secondary in Zamfara. This is hypocrisy at its
best. Our head of service is from Sokoto state. Yari should sack those people
and then write a petition.
“Senator Nazif is compromised, I
have evidence.”
But Ike Ekweremadu, deputy senate
president, citing a rule, asked Marafa to apologise to Nazif.
Senate President Bukola Saraki
asked Marafa to apologise and threatened to rule him out of order.
Marafa still protested. He said:
“I will withdraw my statement but I will not apologise, I stand by what I said.
Where is the affidavit in line with order 127.”
When Saraki put Mahmud’s name to
question whether he should be approved or rejected, the “ayes” had it.
Thereafter, Marafa apologised to
Nazif and the rest of his colleagues for his outburst.
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