Adebayo Shittu, the minister of Communications, has slammed APC National Chairman, Adams Oshiomole, saying he has no right to ask that Mahmud Yakubu, the INEC chairman resigns following the postponement of the elections.
Not long after INEC announced the sudden postponement of the elections, Oshiomole immediately asked that Yakubu resigns.
Reacting to Oshiomole’s call, Shittu said;
“When Oshiomhole supervised that party primaries elections, which can be described as most horrible and corrupt in the history of the party, who called for his resignation? I will not support such call for resignation of the INEC chairman. To err is human. We have not seen any political motivation as to what has happened in INEC.
If Oshiomhole calls for resignation of the INEC chairman, he should also be preparing to resign as chairman of APC for conducting primaries marred by irregularities, and even accused of corruption in its conduct. Did anybody ask him to resign for the horrible management of primary elections under his watch?
“This is the first election that Professor Yakubu would be conducting, we need to give him the benefit of doubt and I will advise that all the political parties should be vigilant. If you bring in another chairman, when does such person begin to learn the process? Or will you on the basis of that call for another rescheduling of the elections? Certainly, it is unacceptable for anyone to ask for resignation of INEC chairman.” he said
