The Federal Government, on Wednesday, argued that the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), will not withdraw the names of some embattled nominees for Resident Electoral Commissioners of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), based on “social media trials.”
The Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed, disclosed this to journalists shortly after the weekly Federal Executive Council meeting at the Presidential Villa, Abuja.
He also urged Nigerians to allow the process to take its course, including the imminent screening of the REC nominees by the National Assembly.
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News sources reported that Buhari, on July 26, sent the names of 19 INEC REC nominees to the Senate to be confirmed.
Of the 19, five were reappointed for a second five-year term while 14 others were new appointees.
However, Buhari has come under fire from Nigerians for nominating some individuals believed to be card-carrying members of the All Progressives Congress.
A coalition of Civil Society Organisations noted that the nominee from Sokoto State, Northwestern Nigeria was an APC governorship aspirant in 2015 while another nominee for Enugu State is allegedly a younger sister of the APC Deputy National Chairman, Emma Eneukwu.
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Similarly, the CSOs alleged that the nominee for Imo State, Mrs. Pauline Ugochi, who is a former Head of ICT at INEC in Imo is known for conniving with politicians to undermine elections while the nominee for Ebonyi State, Mrs. Queen Agwu, was suspended on allegations of incompetence and corruption in 2016.
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