The fate of two out of the six nominees for the position of national commissioner of Independent National Electoral Commission whose names were forwarded to the Senate for confirmation by President Muhammadu Buhari last year hangs in the balance as the upper chamber receives the report of its committee on INEC on Wednesday.
The list of the nominees was forwarded last month by the President of the Senate, Dr. Ahmad Lawan, to the Senate Committee on INEC for screening. Her denial was despite swearing to an affidavit at an Abuja High court in June 2021 affirming her membership of the ruling party. In the petition against Onochie, the petitioner quoted Section 156 and the provisions of the Third Schedule, Part 1, item F, paragraph14 of 1999 Constitution as altered, which requires that a national commissioner shall be non-partisan and a person of unquestionable integrity.
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