Adebayo Shittu & Adams Oshiomhole. |
The
Minister of Communications, Adebayo Shittu, yesterday berated the national
chairman of the All Progressives Congress, Adams Oshiomhole, for calling for
the resignation of the chairman of the Independent National Electoral
Commission, Professor Mahmood Yakubu, describing the call as unfair and
unacceptable.
Shittu
queried: “When Oshiomhole supervised horrible primarily elections of the party,
who called for his resignation?”.
The
minister, who addressed reporters at his Ibadan residence on the rescheduling
of the general elections, urged Nigerians to give the INEC chairman a benefit
of doubt.
According
to him, if the INEC chairman resigns, the elections may need to be postponed
for the new incoming chairman to prepare for fresh elections.
He
said:”I will not support such call for resignation of the INEC chairman. To err
is human. We have not seen any political motivation as to what has happened in
INEC. If Oshiomolhe calls for resignation of the INEC chairman, he should also
be preparing to resign as chairman. Did anybody ask him to resign for the
horrible management of primary elections under his watch?
“This
is the first election that Prof. Yakubu will be conducting, so we need to give
him the benefit of doubt and I will advise that all the political parties
should be vigilant.
If
you bring in another chairman, when does such person begin to learn the
process? Or will you on the basis of that call for another rescheduling of the
elections?
Certainly,
it is unacceptable for anyone to ask for resignation of INEC chairman.”
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