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| Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Mr. Abubakar Malami (SAN) |
The Independent National Electoral Commission on (INEC) Thursday said it had not received a letter purportedly written by the Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami (SAN), demanding the postponement of the Zamfara State National Assembly, governorship and state House of Assembly elections.
The commission stated that the purported letter could be a fake document from online media.
The AGF had, in the said letter, purportedly demanded that the polls be postponed following the decision of the Appeal Court that all parties should return to the status quo with regard to the primaries of the Zamfara State chapter of the All Progressives Congress.
The AGF, in the said letter to the INEC Chairman, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, and dated February 13, 2019, cited Sections 38 and 39 of the Electoral (Amendment) Act 2010 to support his argument.
Malami purportedly said the postponement would enable the Zamfara State APC to field candidates for all the positions.
The AGF, according to the letter, reportedly acted upon a petition written by the firm of M.A. Mamood (SAN) and Co and advised INEC to comply with the instructions forthwith.
But the INEC Director of Voter Education and Publicity, Oluwole Osaze-Uzezi, told The PUNCH the commission had yet to receive the letter.
He said, “I said we have not received the letter, but when we get to the bridge, we will cross it. But for now, we have not received any such letter in INEC. It is in social media; how am I sure that it is not one of those social media gimmicks? I can’t comment on something I have not seen. I have made enquiries from the INEC chairman and he said there was nothing like such letter and he had not received any such letter.”
The commission stated that the purported letter could be a fake document from online media.
The AGF had, in the said letter, purportedly demanded that the polls be postponed following the decision of the Appeal Court that all parties should return to the status quo with regard to the primaries of the Zamfara State chapter of the All Progressives Congress.
The AGF, in the said letter to the INEC Chairman, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, and dated February 13, 2019, cited Sections 38 and 39 of the Electoral (Amendment) Act 2010 to support his argument.
Malami purportedly said the postponement would enable the Zamfara State APC to field candidates for all the positions.
The AGF, according to the letter, reportedly acted upon a petition written by the firm of M.A. Mamood (SAN) and Co and advised INEC to comply with the instructions forthwith.
But the INEC Director of Voter Education and Publicity, Oluwole Osaze-Uzezi, told The PUNCH the commission had yet to receive the letter.
He said, “I said we have not received the letter, but when we get to the bridge, we will cross it. But for now, we have not received any such letter in INEC. It is in social media; how am I sure that it is not one of those social media gimmicks? I can’t comment on something I have not seen. I have made enquiries from the INEC chairman and he said there was nothing like such letter and he had not received any such letter.”
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