The Peoples Democratic Party says it has been informed that the Chairman of INEC, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, has appointed Mrs. Amina Zakari, a niece of President Muhammadu Buhari, as the Chairperson of INEC Advisory Committee and Presidential Election Collation Centre Committee. “The appointment of Mrs. Amina Zakari constitutes a direct violence against the presidential election and the PDP will not, in any way, whatsoever, accept it. “This is the same Amina Zakari who headed the ICT Department of INEC. “In appointing Mrs. Amina Zakari to head the collation of this Presidential election, Prof. Yakubu has confirmed that he has been compromised. “If the INEC Chairman wants a peaceful presidential election, he should, with the speed of light, reverse himself on this appointment.

Source: Punch January 03, 2019 17:03 UTC