Opposition parties demand removal of Kogi REC

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The Inter Party Advisory Council (IPAC) and the Conference of Nigerian Political Parties (CNPP) in Kogi have called for the immediate removal of the state Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC), James Apam.

The state leaderships of the two groups made the call on Thursday in Lokoja during a joint press conference attended by virtually all chairmen of registered political parties in the state.

Mr Kato accused Mr Apam of progressively and consistently favouring the All Progressives Congress , saying that he had been undermining other parties in the state. “The REC had his second office in Government House, where he frequently hibernated to the utter disregard of decorum, calling and tenets of the office he occupied as an unbiased umpire and against public perception.“The current REC has set a very gloomy standard, by being the first Kogi State REC to be publicly smeared with the accusation of collection of huge sums of money as bribe from the state government to tinker with electoral processes in favour of APC candidates.

However, in a swift reaction, the Independent National Electoral Commission office in Lokoja denied the allegations against the REC.

 

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