Citizens Advocacy for Social and Economic Rights (CASER), a CSO, has forewarned the two driving political paties, APC and PDP to quit relegating proclamations that will in general threaten INEC commissioners.
Mr Frank Tietie, the Executive Director of CASER, who is also a human rights Lawyer, gave the warning at a news meeting on Wednesday in Abuja.
Tietie pointed out that, the warning was fundamental after the claims made by the APC National Chairman, Comrade Adams Oshiomhole that some INEC officials are working for the opposition party, PDP.
The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) recalls that the APC National Chairman had on Monday, Feb. 18 amid party’s caucus meeting, made a claim that INEC commissioners in states, for example, Akwa Ibom and Rivers were working in a joint effort with the main opposition party.
In the mean time, the Executive Director of CASER portrayed the INEC commissioner in Akwa Ibom state, Mr Mike Igini as an upright man who had kept up uprightness for a considerable length of time.
“Mike Igini is one of the best and humble representatives of Nigeria Civil Society leadership and the legal profession in terms of the steadfastness of character.”
He said that the INEC commissioner had demonstrated his insusceptibility against the soiled lucre of corrupt lawmakers and according to generally Nigerians.
“In as much as CASER is nonpartisan; it has a responsibility to positively affirm at all times that there is hope for Nigeria because of active presence and commitment of patriotic and competent Nigerians like Mike Igini.
“Only the guilty, wicked, evil and unscrupulous politicians who hate Nigeria and its people will dare for cheap political gains cast aspersions on the integrity of the institutional and highly inspirational Mike Igini,” Tietie said.
The Executive Director said that the commissioner’s reputations had been unassailable in the release of his obligation, and called on the leaders of the two political parties to guide against intimidating utterances.
The CSO also claimed that it was on the grounds that the gatherings probably won’t have their way to write election results that they were requiring the change of the Akwa Ibom REC.