THE Peoples Democratic Party Presidential Campaign Organization (PPCO) on Saturday stated that President Muhammadu Buhari’s admittance that he had an inter-marriage relationship with Mrs Amina Zakari, a National Commissioner with the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), has vindicated its stance that she could not be trusted with the collation of the Presidential election results.
This was contained in a statement made available to newsmen in Abuja yesterday by the Director of Media and Publicity of the Campaign Organisation, Mr Kola Ologbondiyan.
The PPCO also challenged President Buhari, to in the same vein, respond to the elder statesman, Dr. Junaid Mohammed, who, more than two years ago, in a media interview, exposed the fact that he, Mr President, in his nepotism, nominated Amina Zakari, his niece, and pushed her appointment as commissioner to represent his interest in the Commission.
According to the statement, “It is now clear that in addition to the relationship by affinity, President Buhari also has a consanguinity relationship with Amina Zakari and has not denied that he started his early childhood in Amina Zakari’s father’s house.
“President Buhari’s admittance has effectively established that the PDP has not been crying wolf on the impropriety of involving Mrs Amina Zakari in the collation of Presidential election results, let alone being appointed to head the final determination of the Presidential election.
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“It is totally unethical and immoral for an umpire to insist on officiating a contest even when her impartiality is called to question. Even in the judiciary, judges recuse themselves in cases involving parties they have an affinity with. Mrs Amina Zakari must, therefore, recuse herself, if the 2019 presidential election must be credible.
“If, indeed, President Buhari is a man of integrity and is not pushing an ulterior motive with Amina Zakari, why is he insisting that she must be in INEC and that she must be at the collation of Presidential result?
“Furthermore, if President Buhari believes he is popular among Nigerians and can win in a free and fair contest, why is he fixated at manipulating the electoral process, instead of allowing INEC to have a free hand to conduct this election? His overbearingness on INEC is portentous and we caution that such is pushing the nation to the brinks
“We counsel Mr President not to allow his personal interest and lust for power set our nation on fire.
“Mrs Amina Zakari has become a major identified threat to Nigeria’s democracy, national stability and corporate existence as a nation.
“Now that she has been busted, Nigerians expect her to quietly resign from INEC, instead of allowing her name in the book of infamy, as the tool used to derail our democracy and plunge our nation into crisis.”
I THOUGHT BUHARI WAS DEAD AND IT’S JUBRIL AL-SUDAN THATS NIGERIA’S PRESIDENT?
HOW CAN AMINA OF INEC BE RELATED TO JUBRIL OF SUDAN
In a civilized society. The Amina would have resigned even before the public knew about her relationship with the president
Kelly Sam Evboumwan y would she resign? Resign from inec or her new position?
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No justification in your claim. Look for another excuse.
Mr Sabi Sabi she has the right to be employed in INEC like every other qualified Nigerian. Focusing on mundane issues such as this will not help pdp. Pdp is being judged based on their 16years of rule and APC is being judge based on their 4 years.
Kelly Sam Evboumwan, no civilised Society will cry foul of such appointment by INEC.
Abubakar Mohammed Ur opinion
But your saraki didn’t resign after his thugs killed 33 innocent people in offa
WHY FEAR HER NOW?
This same Amina Zakari the PDP are talking about is the same woman that was appointed by GEJ and PDP in 2011 and she participated in that years election that her so supposed uncle Buhari contested and lost.
She was later moved to head the strategy and operations unit of INEC in 2014, the position she held till date.
Was the PDP not aware that Amina was Buhari’s niece before appointing and allowing her to participate in 2011 and 2015 presidential elections?
Why are they crying wolf were there is none
Or is it because Amina is just like Dora Akunyili of blessed memories whom they couldn’t bribe?
some claims dat Jonathan appointed amina zakari is very wrong. she was appointed by inec at dat time not by Jonathan and she worked in favour of APC, plz correct ur error. besides, she is not a relation of Jonathan, so dat make d difference but, d big question now is y is inec re- appointing her now, knowing fully dat she is related to d sitting president himself? is it not to repeat her support for him? its unfair.
Tunde Hamed l wonder
Buhari is trying to put a square peg in a round hole
likewise she is appointed by inec presently if they claim that she’s buhari relative why did they keep quit 2011 and beside is jubril that is contesting in feb 2019
Kelly Sam Evboumwan Where “ve you being before to justify your civilisation? So if you are public officer before you will resign the moment your relatives become governor or President?? 90% igbo has lost their medulla oblongata.
APC LOOTING IN PROGRESS……, PLEASE DO NOT DISTURB……..!
This is Why Buhari’s Boko Haram will never be defeated:
Boko Haram is a mega business corporation in Buhari-APC administration
1. Buhari paid £3 million to Boko Haram as Ranson for chibok girls
2. Buhari Initially drained half of excess crude account ($1billion) to fight Boko Haram
3. Buhari later gives over €5 million again as ransom to release dapchi girls yet Leah is still not released
4. Then Buhari unconstitutionally withdraws $496 million again from excess crude to buy jet fighters from America without NASS approval and they all are quiet till today.
5. Then Buhari spends another N7 billion naira to beef up security in unity schools
6. With 3weeks between November and December 2018, Buhari and looter APC drains $1.6 billion again from excess crude account reducing ECA to $631 million. 1 week later they told us that they used the money to buy another set of tucano jets.
This happened 2 to 3 months before 2019 election. How many times are they going to buy jet? How many times must they drain ECA?
7. Military is constantly being invaded by Boko Haram who cart away their ammunition to replenish their stock. Meaning that military is constantly supplying Boko harm with ammunition.
8. $876million has been released to the military to fight boko haram. Where is the money? Boko Haram is still killing….!
9. Latest looting of 2019, Buhari to spend N1billion naira on traveling this year alone and N98 million of food alone this year too, yet cannot pay N30,000 minimum wage.
10. Still, FG to maintain presidential jet with N1.4 billion in 2019 budget, yet no money to pay N30,000 minimum wage and FG also wants to borrow to fund 2019 budget. No wonder saraki said that 2019 budget is a mess!
11. Etc………….APC LOOTING STILL LOADING…………..!
Pay our N30,000 minimum wage