There is no plan to remove Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) Chairman Mahmood Yakubu over the abrupt postponement of the general elections, the Presidency said yesterday. A leading politician has alleged that President Muhammadu Buhari was planning to give Yakubu the push over last Saturday’s postponement of the elections. “It is not true,” a Presidency source said. The denial came amid claims that Prof. Yakubu has taken charge of logistics for the elections. Besides, The Nation learnt, the electoral agency is to release details of the state-by-state collection of Permanent Voters’ Cards (PVCs).
The Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, Mallam Garba Shehu, debunked the reports that Yakubu was to be removed. Shehu said: “Those reports are utterly baseless and false. There is nothing like that. “Whoever is saying the President is removing INEC chairman is just displaying his illiteracy. Let him go and read the constitution. “You need a resolution by two-thirds majority of the Senate for any such action.”
(Nation)
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