3 INEC Resident Electoral Commissioners Sacked Over Corruption

3 INEC Resident Electoral Commissioners have been sacked over corruption.

Newsone Nigeria reports that the Nigerian Senate has approved the termination of the appointment of three INEC Resident Electoral Commissioners who have been suspended since 2023 for flouting the provisions of the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC Act

This online news platform understands that the approval followed the request from President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, urging the Nigerian Senate to terminate the appointments of the embattled State Resident Electoral Commissioner for Adamawa, Sokoto, and Abia.

The majority leader of the Senate, Michael Bamidele Opeyemi who sponsored the motion, sought the invocation of Section 157 of the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, 1999 as amended, saying that the law empowers the Chamber to approve the request.

Those whose appointments will be terminated include Dr Nura Ali, Sokoto State Resident Electoral Commissioner, Barr. Hudu Yunusa Ari, Adamawa State Resident Electoral Commissioner, and Professor Ikemefuna Chijioke Uzochukwu, Abia State Resident Electoral Commissioner respectively.

He said, “Aware that the aforementioned Resident Commissioners were earlier suspended in 2023, bordering on allegations of infractions of the Electoral Act; compromise of elections and abandonment of duty without cogent reasons.”

A copy of the motion revealed that the office of the National Security Adviser, NSA, and the Department of State Services, DSS, indicted Dr. Nura Ali in their reports, having confessed to corruption, incompetence, and receiving bribe to the tune of $150,000 from politicians.

According to the plenary which was presided over by the Senate President, Godswill Obot Akpabio activated the relevant provisions of the Constitution and approved the termination of the appointment of the affected Commissioners.