Nigeria: Opposition Parties to Pull Out of Peace Accord If Amina’s Appointment Is not Reversed
Opposition parties under the aegis the Coalition of United Political Parties, the Inter-Party Advisory Council, the Peoples Democratic Party and other stakeholders in the 2019 elections have again called for the removal of Amina Zakari as the chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission’s Ad hoc Committee on National Collation Centre.
They threatened to pull out of the Peace Accord initiated by the Gen Abdusalami Abubakar-led National Peace Committee if Zakari’s appointment was not reversed.
This came just as Presidency and INEC denied on Friday that the President and Zakari were blood relations as alleged by the PDP and other stakeholders.
The coalition spoke in a statement by its first national spokesperson, Imo Ugochinyere, on Thursday.
Ugochinyere said, “The de...