Buhari’s Heart Is Fixed On Manipulating The Electoral Process – PDP

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has asked President Buhari to dismiss the newly appointed head of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) collation centre, Amina Zakari.

They blasted Zakari’s appointment, saying that it is part of a plot by the All Progressives Congress (APC) to rig the upcoming election.

PDP in a statement, said “if indeed, President Buhari is a man of integrity and is not pushing an ulterior motive with Amina Zakari, why is he insisting that she must be in INEC and that she must be at the collation of Presidential result?

“Furthermore, if President Buhari believes he is popular among Nigerians and can win in a free and fair contest, why is he fixated at manipulating the electoral process, instead of allowing INEC to have a free hand to conduct this election?”

The PDP also said that Zakari cannot earn anyone’s trust after Buhari’s ‘admittance of an inter-marriage relationship with her’.

The party’s spokesman, Kola Ologbondiyan also advisd the President to speak more on his relationship with Zakari.

The PDP’s statement reads: “It is now clear that in addition to the relationship by affinity, President Buhari also has a consanguinity relationship with Amina Zakari and has not denied that he started his early childhood in Amina Zakari’s father’s house.

“President Buhari’s admittance has effectively established that the PDP has not been crying wolf on the impropriety of involving Mrs. Amina Zakari in the collation of Presidential election results, let alone being appointed to head the final determination of the Presidential election.

“It is totally unethical and immoral for an umpire to insist on officiating a contest even when her impartiality is called to question. Even in the judiciary, judges recuse themselves in cases involving parties they have affinity with. Mrs. Amina Zakari must therefore, recuse herself, if the 2019 presidential election must be credible.”