INEC excludes Amina Zakari from Collation center of the Presidential poll results.
As the general elections draw nearer, the Independent National
Electoral Commission (INEC) has excluded Amina Zakari and other national
commissioners from the collation of presidential poll results. The
electoral body had initially designated Zakari to lead the collation
center during the Presidential election on February 16th. This followed a
public outcry with many claiming that Zakari is a relative of President
Buhari, an allegation that has been denied by the Presidency and Zakari
herself.
According to The Nation newspaper, the collation of election results
would be done at the collation secretariat and not the collation centre.
“No national commissioner is in charge of collation of presidential
poll results. It is true that there is what is called collation centre
but it is separate from the collation secretariat, which is responsible
for the collation of results.“No national commissioner will be appointed into the secretariat
committee. So, Hajiya Amina Zakari or any national commissioner does not
have anything to do with the collation of results.” a source told the
Nation
