PDP Rejects Zakari As INEC Boss

The national leadership of the Peoples Democratic Party has rejected
the appointment of Mrs. Amina Zakari as the Acting National Chairman
of the Independent National Electoral Commission.

Zakari was appointed as the acting boss of the commission on Tuesday
by President Muhammadu Buhari following the conclusion of the term of
office of Prof. Attahiru Jega.

The Head of the Civil Service of the Federation, Mr. Danladi Kifasi,
who conveyed the appointment in a letter, said the appointment was
with effect from 30th June 2015 until the appointment of a substantive
Chairman.

But before her appointment was announced, Jega had handed over to Amb.
Mohammed Wali, a national commissioner of the commission from Sokoto
State.

While rejecting the appointment of Zakari, the PDP alleged that the
new acting boss of the electoral body "is too close to the
Presidency."

National Publicity Secretary of the party, Chief Olisa Metuh, stated
his party's position at a crowded press conference in Abuja on
Wednesday.

Metuh said his party would want the acting chairman of the commission
to state her alleged closeness to the Presidency and one of the
governors of the All Progressives Congress from the North-West.

—ThePUNCH