Shehu Sani, a former federal lawmaker, has told President
Muhammadu Buhari’s aide, Lauretta Onochie to perish the hope of becoming a
commissioner of the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC.
Sani also described her denial of being a member of the All
Progressives Congress, APC, as baseless, adding that her presence in INEC will
make Nigerians doubt its credibility.
The Delta-born politician appeared before the Senator Kabir
Gaya-led Committee on INEC on Thursday for screening after being nominated by
President Buhari.
Onochie, who has a plethora of petitions against her
nomination, told the panel that she had experience from her former place of
work in the United Kingdom where she learnt to be liberal and non-partisan.
The panel raised concerns and wondered how she would dust
herself of being partisan given that she is actively involved in partisan
politics.
However, Onochie told the panel that she was invited from
the UK in 2014 to join the APC and work for Buhari, adding that since the
second election in 2019, she had resigned membership of the ruling party and
had also quit active politics.
But Sani, who represented Kaduna central senatorial district
in the 8th Assembly, described this as baseless, saying, “Lauretta is
outrightly undeserving of being a commissioner in @inecnigeria.
“Her presence in the electoral body will undoubtedly
question its credibility and independence.”
“Her denial before the screening committee is baseless. She
is a partisan agent of the ruling party. Period,” he tweeted.
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