Obi’s camp makes fresh call for INEC boss’ dismissal, gives reason

The campaign team of Peter Obi, the presidential candidate of the Labour Party, has called for the dismissal and probe of the chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Prof. Mahmood Yakubu.

The team, led by Director-General Otumba Akin Osuntokun, made the demand at a media briefing in Abuja on Thursday.

Osuntokun said that Yakubu had “done sufficient damage to the nation’s electoral process” and should be made to answer for his actions. He cited the arrest and ongoing prosecution of the Adamawa State Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC) for his actions during the last elections as a precedent for Yakubu’s prosecution.

Osuntokun also said that reports from all election observer groups at home and abroad were unanimous in their reports that the election was greatly flawed and the outcome of the Presidential election, as declared by INEC, fell short of international standards.

He called on the present Federal Government to sack Yakubu and order an independent investigation into the conduct of the elections.