Atiku’s PDP drags Tinubu to court for appointing APC member as INEC REC in Akwa Ibom

Ologunagba alleged that Umoren’s appointment was a plot by the ruling party to manipulate future polls and perpetuate itself in power.

The PDP scribe said, “Of particular concern is the brazen imposition of a card-carrying member and prominent leader of the APC in Akwa Ibom State, Mr Etekamba Umoren, as the INEC Resident Electoral Commissioner for Akwa Ibom State, despite the loud and widespread outcry and rejection by Nigerians, and particularly our party, the PDP, and the people of Akwa Ibom State.

“The PDP, therefore, in clear and unequivocal terms rejects the imposition of Etekamba Umoren as INEC REC for Akwa Ibom State being conceived in iniquity and in flagrant violation of the express provisions of the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, 1999 (as amended), the Electoral Act, 2022 and the universal demand of impartiality and non-partisanship of an electoral body and its officials.”

Ologunagba described Umoren’s appointment as a grievous assault on INEC’s credibility as an institution of democracy and the sanctity of the electoral process.

He revealed that the PDP is aware of the mission handed to Umoren by the APC leadership to use the office of the REC to allegedly compromise sensitive processes, materials and systems including voter registration, collection of Voter Cards, doctoring of Voter Register, delineation of electoral constituencies and coercion of INEC staff.