Amaechi reveals what Mahmood Yakubu would have done to APC if he had been INEC boss in 2015

• Rotimi Amaechi criticised INEC Chairman Mahmood Yakubu, claiming APC would not person been registered oregon won successful 2015 if Yakubu had been successful charge
• Amaechi praised erstwhile INEC Chairman Jega for his transparent enactment successful 2015 but accused Yakubu of bias and undermining the electoral process
• The erstwhile curate warned of a imaginable 'state capture' utilizing electoral institutions for governmental gain, expressing concerns implicit the integrity of Nigeria’s democracy

Former Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi, has raised concerns implicit the existent president of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Mahmood Yakubu.

The erstwhile politician suggested that if Yakubu had been successful complaint successful 2015, the All Progressives Congress (APC) would not person been registered oregon won the wide elections.

Rotimi Amaechi, ex-governor of Rivers, explains however the APC’s destiny successful 2015 could’ve been antithetic if Mahmood Yakubu was INEC chairman. Photo credit: @AmaechiChibuike/@inecnigeria
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Amaechi made these comments during an quality connected Arise TV connected Tuesday, June 3, night, praising the erstwhile INEC Chairman, Prof. Attahiru Jega, for overseeing a transparent electoral process that led to APC's registration and eventual victory, Leadership reported.

Amaechi praises Jega’s enactment and transparency

Amaechi was captious of the existent INEC Chairman, stating,

“The existent president of INEC, if helium was the president of INEC successful 2015, we would not person won. That’s an important point. May God bless (Attahiru) Jega. Because the crushed rules were clear. The existent president of INEC tin lone beryllium compared to Iwu."

He went connected to explicate however Jega’s enactment allowed APC to registry by gathering each the indispensable requirements, portion accusing the existent INEC Chairman of being little accommodating.

“When we were to registry APC, Jega opened the doorway and we complied with the registration requirements. He got APC registered. The existent man, if you comply with each these, helium would not registry you,” Amaechi added.

Amaechi accuses INEC of bias nether Yakubu

Amaechi continued by alleging that nether Mahmood Yakubu, INEC was already showing signs of bias, casting uncertainty connected the transparency of elections successful the country.

He stated,

“Already, INEC is biased. So, the lone happening I tin archer you present is that, looking astatine the mode Nigeria has tally the election, adjacent the Option A4 led america forward. At slightest a batch of transparency. You were definite of what was going on."

He further compared the existent authorities of the electoral strategy to that of the clip nether erstwhile INEC Chairman, Maurice Iwu, and questioned whether the country’s electoral process was advancing oregon regressing, Punch reported.

“Then we came backmost to conscionable radical similar Iwu and others and the existent 1 and things got worse. So, you don’t cognize whether to accidental we are progressing oregon we are regressing,” helium remarked.

Amaechi warns of authorities seizure utilizing electoral institutions

Rotimi Amaechi, erstwhile politician of Rivers, shares what could person happened to APC successful 2015 if Mahmood Yakubu had led INEC astatine the time. Photo credit: @inecnigeria
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The erstwhile curate expressed interest implicit what helium perceived arsenic a 'state capture' utilizing electoral institutions arsenic a instrumentality for governmental advantage.

“There’s a authorities seizure utilizing the electoral instauration arsenic a machine,” Amaechi warned.

He added that this improvement threatened the integrity of the nation’s antiauthoritarian process.

Amaechi’s statements adhd to the increasing governmental speech astir the neutrality of electoral bodies successful Nigeria, arsenic critics proceed to question the actions and power of INEC’s existent leadership.

Abati blast Wike for insulting Amaechi, Odili, others

Previously, Legit.ng reported that erstwhile statesmanlike spokesperson Reuben Abati has cautioned President Bola Tinubu to beryllium wary of the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, pursuing Wike’s caller verbal attacks connected cardinal governmental figures.

Speaking connected The Morning Show connected Arise Television connected Tuesday, June 3, Abati criticised Wike for being “disrespectful and rude” towards those who played pivotal roles successful his governmental rise.

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Source: Legit.ng