Amina Zakari, a threat to national stability, corporate existence of Nigeria – PDP

ABUJA, Nigeri – The Peoples Democratic Party(PDP) has described INEC commissioner, Amina Zakari as a threat to national stability and coporate existence of Nigeria, advising that she recuse herself from her new role as Chairman Presidential Election Colation Centre if the 2019 presidential election must be credible.

“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”, the PPCO said.

The PDP Presidential Campaign Organisation made the remarks following admitance by President Muhammadu Buhari that he only has an intermarriage relationship with Mrs. Amina Zakari. In a statement, Director General of the PPCO, Kola Ologbondiyan said Mr. President’s admitance has vindicated its stance that Amina Zakari cannot be trusted with the collation of the Presidential election results.

The PPCO also dares President Buhari, to in the same vein, respond to respected 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 INEC.

“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.

“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 affinity with. Mrs. Amina Zakari must therefore, recuse herself, if the 2019 presidential election must be credible”, the PPCO said, adding that If, indeed, President Buhari is a man of integrity and is not pushing an ulterior motive with Amina Zakari, there is no reason he will insist 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”, the PPCO said