The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has been warned by Ohanaeze Ndigbo not to lose the trust of Nigerian voters.
The organisation encouraged the INEC, which is headed by Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, to push through all legal measures to ensure credible elections.
In a press release, Mazi Okechukwu Isiguzoro, the secretary-general of Ohanaeze Ndigbo Worldwide, accused Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, the chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission, of being unprepared and incompetent to conduct free, fair, and credible elections in 2023. He was also accused of endangering and compromising his office with the level of falsification allegations brought forth against him by the Coalition of United Political Parties
“The best option for him is to tow the path of honour and resign honourably or if he refused to quit honourably, he should be sacked and interrogated by the relevant agencies for the manipulation and distortions of Voters register in line with the laws of the land.
“Nigerians have lost confidence in the electoral process under the watchful eye of Prof. Mahmood Yakubu as his continued stay as INEC Chairman constitutes a security risk for the country and any elections supervised under him might not be acceptable and can trigger an avoidable constitutional disaster that might derail our hard preserved Democracy in 2023.
“Irrespective of the outcome of the Osun and Ekiti elections, there are so many sins of Prof. Yakubu that should lead to his sack, the issues of sacking INEC officials in the database was obviously for the falsification allegations against him by CUPP and Prof Yakubu’s disobedience to the pronunciation of Supreme Court verdict on APGA leadership crisis.
“Prof Yakubu owes Nigerians an explanation for the falsification allegations by CUPP, or Nigerians are hoping for President Buhari to get rid of people like Yakubu before he destroys Buhari’s parting gifts for Nigerians, a promise of a free, fair, and credible election in 2023, ” this is the best way to get rid of bad eggs in INEC and Prof Yakubu should be shown the door or he will plug Nigeria into a constitutional dilemma and crisis.
“As Nigerians schedule to occupy INEC offices nationwide, there should be caution on the side of the Federal Government in handling the people so that there should be no crisis in the exercise”, the document read.