Losing Presidential Candidate Accuses Electoral Body Chairman of Undermining Democracy PremiumTimesng: Nigeria NigeriaDecides2023
, has accused INEC chairman, Mahmood Yakubu, of collaborating with the ruling party APC to undermine Nigeria's democracy.
The former vice president was reacting to an allegation by the immediate-past Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi, who said Mr Yakubu was recommended for re-appointment by a member of Bola Tinubu's camp in 2020. "Here in Rivers State, Mahmood worked under Wike as Executive Secretary of TETFund; so what you are having in Rivers is that APC and other parties are contesting, not against PDP, but against INEC, against police," the former minister added.
Earlier, the PDP had said Mr Tinubu had already embarked on a systematic state capture where the police, INEC, and the judiciary are in his pocket. For this, Atiku said when the story of the Nigerian elections is told, the name of Mr Yakubu will be mentioned for the wrong reasons.
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