MON 07 FEB, 2022-theGBJournal- Nigeria’s biggest opposition party, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) today said they ‘’vehemently’’ reject the confirmation of a ‘’card-carrying member of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), Prof. Rhoda Gumus, as a National Commissioner (South South) in the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) despite widespread outcry by Nigerians.’’
The PDP in delivering one of its harshest criticism of the ruling party said, the confirmation by the APC-led Senate leadership is a ‘’coup’’ against democracy and an open invitation to serious political crisis that can derail the country’s hard-earned democracy. The PDP argues the confirmation could lead to breakdown of law and order if not immediately reversed.
‘’In confirming Prof. Gumus, the APC-led Senate leadership has exposed itself as anti-people and completely insensitive to the aspiration of Nigerians for credible and transparent elections in 2023,’’ PDP said.
According the PDP hierarchy, the confirmation is highly provocative and incendiary because it is in violation of paragraph 14 (2) (a) of the 3rd Schedule of the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria 1999 (as amended), which provides that ‘’a member of the Commission shall be non-partisan and a person of unquestionable integrity.
‘’Such violent assault on the Constitution and our electoral process by the APC cannot be allowed to stand,’’ the PDP said.
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