Ohanaeze decries appointment of Amina Zakari, says INEC derailing democracy

Ohanaeze decries appointment of Amina Zakari, says INEC derailing democracy

Following the appointment of Amina Zakari, a national commissioner with INEC  as the Head of INEC Collation Committee, President General of Ohanaeze N

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Following the appointment of Amina Zakari, a national commissioner with INEC  as the Head of INEC Collation Committee, President General of Ohanaeze Ndigbo Worldwide, Chief Nnia Nwodo has told Nigerians to hold the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, and the Federal Government responsible should anything happen to the nation’s democracy. This is as Nwodo called on Mrs. Amina Zakari, to resign from the commission because of her blood relation to President Muhammadu Buhari.

Reacting to INEC’s appointment of Mrs. Zakari as head of Election Collation Committee, Thursday, Nwodo said it was bad enough that Mrs. Zakari was allowed to continue to serve in INEC and worse by INEC appointing her in the new position. “In a civilized clime Amina Zakari should have resigned. I expected the APC government having come to power through a free and fair election conducted by another president, not to destroy the precedence already laid down.

“I call on Amina Zakari to honourably resign. Whatever happens to our democracy tomorrow, they (INEC and Federal Government) should hold themselves responsible. With continued membership of Mrs. Zakari in the commission, the corporate personality of INEC is seriously whittled down; making her head of collation committee is worse than anything anybody can imagine,” Nwodo said.