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Senate Screening: Groups Call for Arrest of Lauretta, Accuse Her of Lying Under Oath 

A coalition of civil society organisations (CSOs), as well as an election observer group have called for the arrest of Lauretta Onochie, who was nominated by President Muhammadu Buhari as a National Commissioner of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC).

Chairman, Steering Committee of the Centre for Transparency Advocacy (CTA), Dr Chima Amadi while addressing journalists in Abuja accused Mrs Lauretta of lying on oath during her screening at the Senate Committee on INEC.

Dr Amadi said the nominee lied when she claimed that she is no longer into partisan politics.

He also asked President Buhari to withdraw her nomination, saying INEC is too critical to be subjected to such partisan nomination.

Dr Amadi said the footprints of Lauretta’s partisanship are all over the digital space and her nomination subjects the Commission to a credibility crises.

He said, “her partisan footprints are all over the digital space which even makes it curious that she was in the first place considered for nomination.”

Also speaking, Salisu Ahmed, national coordinator of Youths for Good Governance (YGG) said Mrs Lauretta also lied when she claimed that the present National Commissioner from the South South, Barrister May Agbamuche-Mbu, was nominated to represent Cross River State and not Delta State.

He said checks at the National Assembly and INEC revealed that Agbamuche-Mbu was nominated by President Buhari in 2016 for appointment in INEC from Delta State.

According to him, “Her curriculum vitae submitted to the Senate by the President clearly indicates that she is from Oshimili North Local Government Area of Delta State. Although born in Kano and married to a husband from Cross River State, she has maintained Delta as her State of origin and was indeed nominated, screened,  confirmed and sworn-in to represent Delta State in INEC.

“The unanimous report of the Abubakar Kyari-led Committee on INEC which screened the nominees in October 2016 was signed by Kyari and nine Senators. They are Sola Adeyeye (Vice Chairman), James Manager, Gilbert Nnaji, Hope Uzodinma, Abdullahi Gumel, Ali Wakili, Shehu Sani, Ovie Omo-Agege and Mao Ohuabunwa.

“In fact, two Senators from Delta State, James Manager and Ovie Omo-Agege, who are still serving Senators, endorsed Mrs Agbamuche-Mbu’s nomination as their daughter and nominee for Delta State.

“The report is in the record of the Senate. Therefore no one should mislead the Kabiru-Gaya Committee to endorse the nomination of two Commissioners to represent one State out of the six States from the South South zone.”

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