By Kingston Magare
Having sacked the Code of Conduct Tribunal (CCT), Danladi Umar for misconduct, the Senate has been urged to go the extra mile by sacking the Independent National Electoral Commission chairman Mahmood Yakubu.
Writing on his X social media handle Thursday Mr. Paul Ibe a former media and publicity aide to former Vice President Atiku Abubakar, said Mr. Yakubu has proved himself to be corrupt and has taken a partisan bent in his national assignment which requires honest and integrity.
“Yes, Danladi Umar, Chairman of the Code of Conduct Tribunal (CCT), is one of the worst public officials of our time. But the gold medal for gross partisanship by any public official actually belongs to the INEC Chairman, Prof Mahmood Yakubu.
“The question is, if it was that easy for the Nigerian Senate to sack Umar on account that any public official screened by the Upper House can be removed by it, why is it pussy footing in the sack of the INEC Chairman?” Ibe wrote
Former President Olusegun Obasanjo had also called for the sack of the INEC chairman, but he was given a brutal chastising by President Bola Tinubu’s men. Mr. Mahmood presided over the 2023 presidential election, which was adjudged to be flawed. Subsequent elections in Edo State and Ondo State have also been given similar assessments by elections observers.
