Abba Kyari, chief of staff to the
president, hosted Mahmood Yakubu, chairman of the Independent National
Electoral Commission (INEC) at the presidential villa in Abuja on Friday.
The meeting, which lasted 30
minutes, took place inside Kyari’s office.
Yakubu did not speak with state
house correspondents on his way out of the villa.
The presidency has also not
issued a statement on the meeting that held while there was an outrage over the
refusal of President Muhammadu Buhari to submit his academic credentials to the
electoral body.
At a press conference he held
earlier in the day, Yakubu had said those in doubt of claims by candidates in
the 2019 elections could head to the court.
Speaking specifically about the
personal particulars provided by the candidates, Yakubu said anyone suspecting
false claims has the right to file legal action against such candidate.
“Any person with reasonable
ground to believe that any information on form CF001 submitted by a candidate
contains incorrect or false claims is at liberty to file an action against such
candidate at the federal high court or the high court of a state or FCT,” he
had said.
“While the current exercise is
limited to candidates for presidential and national assembly elections, the
personal particulars of those contesting in governorship and state assemblies
elections will be published on November 9, 2018, one week after the close of
submission of nominations by political parties.”
When reached out to, Texas
Chukwu, Nigerian army spokesman, refused to confirm Buhari’s claim, he rather chose
to keep mum on the matter.
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