ADC to Amupitan: Be loyal to Nigerians, not the ruling party

By Luminous Jannamike

ABUJA — The African Democratic Congress (ADC) has urged the recently appointed Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Prof. Joash Ojo Amupitan, to show loyalty to Nigerians alternatively than to the ruling enactment arsenic helium assumes enactment of the nation’s electoral body.

The enactment said Amupitan’s assignment presents him with a historical accidental to separate himself arsenic an INEC Chairman who delivers free, fair, and credible elections, alternatively than being seen arsenic an instrumentality of governmental influence.

Speaking successful an exclusive chat with Vanguard successful Abuja connected Thursday, the ADC’s National Publicity Secretary, Mallam Bolaji Abdullahi, said the enactment was adopting a cautious attack to the development, noting that not overmuch is yet known astir the caller electoral chief.

“We inactive don’t cognize overmuch astir him, truthful there’s a bounds to however earnestly we tin respond astatine this time,” Abdullahi stated.

He, however, expressed optimism that Amupitan would uphold the integrity of the electoral process and enactment successful the involvement of citizens.

“We anticipation helium proves loyal to the Nigerian radical and not to the government. His assignment gives him a accidental to constitute his sanction successful past arsenic the INEC Chairman who gave Nigerians credible elections, not arsenic a stooge of the ruling party. That is our preliminary comment,” Abdullahi added.

The ADC said its caution mirrors broader nationalist interest astir the independency of Nigeria’s electoral institutions, stressing that Amupitan’s tenure would service arsenic a large trial of his integrity and committedness to antiauthoritarian values.

Abdullahi’s remarks came successful effect to questions connected the ADC’s absorption to the Council of State’s support of Prof. Amupitan’s information arsenic INEC Chairman earlier connected Thursday.

The station ADC to Amupitan: Be loyal to Nigerians, not the ruling party appeared archetypal connected Vanguard News.