What Ex-INEC chairman, Prof Sega said about Lauretta Onochie’s nomination

Emmanuel AmudaJuly 12, 2021

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The Immediate past chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Professor Attahiru Jega, has advised President Muhammadu Buhari to withdraw his aide, Lauretta Onochie’s nomination as INEC’s National Commissioner.

Onochie , the Senior Special Assistant to President Muhammadu Buhari on social media who appeared before a Senate committee on the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) on Thursday.

The Presidential aide said she quit the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) in 2019.

Protests have greeted the nomination of Onochie as commissioner of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) by President Mohammadu Buhari.

However, Jega in an interview with Channels TV on Sunday, said the controversy that trailed Onochie’s nomination should have been avoided.

According to him, there are many other eligible women for the job and Buhari could withdraw Onochie’s nomination and replace her with another female from her state.

He, therefore, called on the Senate to apply the laws to avoid a situation whereby elections she participates in may be viewed as being biased.

Jega said, “This kind of controversy is really avoidable.

“Any person who generated such a controversy, the appointing authorities should be careful because you don’t want to appoint anybody that can raise suspicions or doubts or can lead to a loss of trust on the electoral management body.”