One of the spokespersons for Atiku, Okowa Presidential
Campaign Council, Senator Dino Melaye has insisted that the Chairman of the
Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, Mahmud Yakubu, must resign.
The former lawmaker gave the demand in a post via his
Twitter handle on Saturday.
Melaye’s call is coming against the backdrop of threat of
lawsuit by Yakubu on the allegation that he rigged the presidential election by
the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP.
Recall that the party had called for the police and the
Department of State Services, DSS, to investigate the INEC boss over alleged
manipulation of election results.
The PDP said the call followed further review of the “the
widely-condemned infractions, brazen violation of the provisions of the Electoral
Act, 2022 and criminal manipulation and alteration of election results”.
PDP alleged that INEC subverted the will of Nigerians in the
just concluded February 25 Presidential and National Assembly elections.
However, Yakubu’s Press Secretary, Rotimi Oyekanmi said the
call was misplaced and challenged the PDP to prove its claims in the law court.
He wondered why the party did not provide evidence to back
up the spurious allegations, further maintaining that the electoral commission
does not rig elections.
But not yet satisfied, Senator Melaye insisted that Yakubu
must go, alleging that he “superintended over a criminal enterprise yahoo yahoo
INEC.”
“Prof Mahmud Yakubu must resign. Such level of criminal
audacity & impunity bastardizes the rule of law and diminished him as a
referee who scored a goal in a match. Mahmud must goooo,” he tweeted.
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Hey senior tug. Nobody is anywhere. Je will be around to conduct another free and credible election in 2027 that will permanently retire atiku bak to dubai God's willing
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