A chieftain of the African Democratic Congress, Kenneth Okonkwo, has faulted President Bola Tinubu’s defence of the Independent National Electoral Commission.
Okonkwo argued that the commission has not done enough to convince Nigerians of its impartiality.
Tinubu had on Tuesday, during a meeting with members of the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of Nigeria led by its President, Most Rev. Matthew Ndagoso, at the State House, Abuja, dismissed concerns about INEC’s neutrality.
Tinubu maintained that the electoral umpire remained independent, describing those questioning its credibility as people who were “afraid of their own shadows.”
However, speaking on Channels Television’s Sunrise Daily on Friday, Okonkwo accused the President of defending INEC instead of allowing the commission to respond to concerns about its conduct.
“It is very sad. Any country that has a president who has morphed into the chief spokesperson of INEC is in trouble,” he said.
The ADC chieftain argued that INEC
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