The presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Atiku Abubakar has charged the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, to remove the Resident Electoral Commissioner, REC, in Lagos State, Olusegun Agbaje.
Atiku said Agbaje had been accused of attempting to compromise the upcoming election.
He pointed out that the REC’s insistence on having crucial electoral materials transported by the Lagos State Park and Garage Management Committee, which is led by Musiliu Akinsanya, commonly known as MC Oluomo, was a plot to compromise the election.
Speaking through his Special Assistant on Public Communication, Phrank Shaibu, Atiku disputed Agbaje’s explanation for why INEC would engage MC Oluomo’s organization to transport sensitive materials.
A statement by Shaibu reads, “What Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu did in Lagos State was to arbitrarily announce a ban on the activities of the NURTW because the organisation suspended MC Oluomo, the APC’s henchman.
“INEC must not promote illegality by working with a partisan organisation which is filled with APC members that are working for Bola Tinubu.”
The statement said giving MC Oluomo’s boys sensitive electoral materials to be distributed in Lagos State would undermine a free and fair 2023 election.
“INEC must sanction Mr Agbaje for insisting on using MC Oluomo’s committee despite protests from members of the public,” he added.
