The Minister of Communications, Barr. Adebayo Shittu, has berated the National Chairman, Adams Oshiomhole for calling for the resignation of Chairman of Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Prof Mahmood Yakubu over Saturday’s postponement of the general election.
Speaking with journalists in Ibadan, the Oyo State capital on Monday, Shittu queried Oshiomhole’s justification for calling for the INEC chairman’s ouster when he himself allegedly bungled the APC’s primary elections in October 2018.
Shittu said, “When Oshiomole supervised that party primaries elections, which can be described as most horrible and corrupt in the history of the party, who called for his resignation?
“I will not support such call for resignation of the INEC chairman. To err is human. We have not seen any political motivation as to what has happened in INEC.
“If Oshiomolhe calls for resignation of the INEC chairman, he should also be preparing to resign as chairman of APC for conducting primaries marred by irregularities, and even accused of corruption in its conduct. Did anybody ask him to resign for the horrible management of primary elections under his watch?
“This is the first election that professor Yakubu would be conducting, so we need to give him the benefit of doubt and I will advise that all the political parties should be vigilant. If you bring in another chairman, when does such person begin to learn the process? Or will you on the basis of that call for another rescheduling of the elections? Certainly, it is unacceptable for anyone to ask for resignation of INEC chairman”.
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