“Remove Lagos REC Now”: Atiku Sends Message to INEC Over MC Oluomo
- Atiku Abubakar has called for the removal of the Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC) in Lagos, Olusegun Agbaje
- The PDP presidential candidate accused the INEC commissioner of partisanship, hence reason why he should be removed
- He called for the removal of Agbaje following INEC's decision to use facilities provided by Musiliu Akinsanya aka MC Oluomo for the coming election
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Atiku Abubakar nhas called on the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to remove the Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC) in Lagos, Olusegun Agbaje.
The PDP presidential candidate diclosed this in a statement by his special sssistant on Public Communication, Phrank Shaibu and made available to Legit.ng.
He said it was curious that Agbaje had insisted on using the Lagos State Park and Garage Management Committee led by transport kingpin, Musiliu Akinsanya aka MC Oluomo, who is a member of the All Progressives Congress Presidential Campaign Council.
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He stated:
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“What Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu did in Lagos State was to arbitrarily announce a ban on the activities of the NURTW because the organisation suspended MC Oluomo, the APC’s henchman. INEC must not promote illegality by working with a partisan organisation which is filled with APC members that are working for Bola Tinubu.
“How could such people be given sensitive materials to be distributed across Lagos on election day? This has already undermined the possibility of a free and fair election. INEC must sanction Mr. Agbaje for insisting on using MC Oluomo’s committee despite protests from members of the public.”
Shaibu recalled that Agbaje was the REC who superintended over the fraudulent 2018 governorship election rerun in Osun State which even the United States, the United Kingdom and the European Union discredited.
He added:
“Recall that it was Mr. Agbaje who superintended over the fraudulent and violent Osun governorship rerun which produced Gboyega Oyetola as governor. US Consul General, John Bray was spot on when he stated, 'We witnessed what appeared to be incidents of interference and intimidation of voters and heard reports of harassment or party monitors, journalists and domestic observers.”
Shaibu noted that even election monitoring groups like the Centre for Democracy and Development (CDD) dismissed the Osun rerun as “fraudulent and anti-democratic”.
Buhari gives reasons for CBN naira redesign policy as Nigerians get desperate
President Muhammadu Buhari again defended the decision of the Central Bank of Nigeria to redesign a higher denomination of the Naira.
According to Buhari, the policy was targeted at individuals in possession of illicit funds and not ordinary Nigerians.
The president disclosed this in a statement issued by his Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity, Garba Shehu on Saturday, 28 January 2023.
Source: Legit.ng
