Leaders of the main opposition party, the People’s Democratic Party (PDP), on Wednesday stormed the National Assembly in protest.
The leaders are demanding the
immediate reversal of President Muhammadu Buhari’s nomination of Lauretta
Onochie as National Commissioner of the Independent National Electoral
Commission (INEC).
Lauretta Onochie is currently
the media aide to President Buhari on Social Media.
Led by its National Chairman,
Uche Secondus, the PDP described the appointment as a travesty on democracy.
Secondus said Onochie being a
card-carrying member of the All Progressives Congress (APC) cannot be appointed
into a position that requires a high level of neutrality.
He urged the National Assembly
leadership to impress on President Muhammadu Buhari to immediately withdraw her
nomination.
The party also raised concern
over the recent defection of some members of the PDP to APC and blamed it on
the approach used by APC in luring the defectors.
The party further accused the
current administration of impoverishing Nigeria and subjecting the citizens to
untold hardship.
Some PDP lawmakers including the
Senate Minority leader, Senator Eyinnaya Abaribe were among those who joined in
the protest.
President Buhari earlier in
October wrote to the Senate to
confirm the appointment of one of his media aides, Lauretta Onochie,
and three others as Commissioners of the Independent National Electoral
Commission (INEC).
Others are Professor Mohammed
Sani (Katsina); Professor Kunle Ajayi (Ekiti), and Seidu Ahmed (Jigawa).
Source: channelstv.com
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