CN hails Senate over rejection of Onochie’s nomination as INEC Commissioner

 

By Gabriel Ewepu – Abuja

A pro-democracy and human rights group, Concerned Nigerians group, Tuesday, hailed Senate for rejecting nomination of Special Assistant to President Muhammadu Buhari on Social Media, Lauretta Onochie, as National Commissioner of the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC.

This was contained in a statement signed by the spokesperson, CN, Theophilus Abuh Agada, where the group described the action of the Senate as extraordinary courage in rejecting Onochie’s nomination.

The statement reads in part, “We commend the Nigerian senate for showing extraordinary courage in rejecting the nomination of Onochie as INEC commissioner. INEC is an independent institution and the nomination of Onochie negates the principle upon which the body was established.“Onochie is not just partisan, she has proven over time to be a paid hack of the ruling party. Her demonstrable actions in defending the president and politicians elected on the platform of the ruling All Progressive Congress will affect her sense of judgment in discharging her duties as an INEC commissioner.

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The group said the nomination remains an aberration, because she is a member of the ruling All Progressive Congress and special assistant to the president as INEC, and added that is it is a mockery the nation’s democracy.

According to the statement, an INEC commissioner ought to be someone with no questionable character but one with proven integrity.