By Ayodele Oni
Independent National Electoral Commission, (INEC), has responded to the call by the African Democratic Congress, (ADC), for its Chairman, Prof. Joash Amupitan, to resign immediately.
The ADC, through its national chairman, David Mark, had, during a World Press Conference in Abuja on Thursday, called for the sack or resignation of Amupitan, alleging partisan bias.
Mark declared that “We demand the immediate resignation or sack of the INEC Chairman, Professor Amupitan, and all the National Commissioners.
“We no longer have confidence in them. We are convinced that they are6 incapable of conducting any credible election.”
The development followed the decision of the commission to remove the name of the party’s leaders from its portal, a decision it described as obedience to a recent Court of Appeal judgment.
Chief Press Secretary to the INEC Chairman, Adedayo Oketola, in a statement, noted that the appointment, tenure, and removal of the chairman and national commissioners are strictly governed by Section 157 of the 1999 Constitution (as amended).
The Commission explained that it recognises the right of stakeholders to express their views, but said it was imperative to clarify that INEC is a creation of the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria.
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